Join us with Autism Advocate and Professional Speaker, Jeremy Farrell, to discuss steps to cultivating autistic empowerment. Through his personal experiences as an autistic individual as well as helping others on their own journey, Jeremy will offer insight into understanding the common barriers autistic individuals have with empowerment, and how to overcome them to be successful in daily life.
All ages are welcome! Children under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult caregiver.
Sign up by emailing rockvillelibrary@vernon-ct.gov, calling at 860-875-5892, or RSVP on the website.
Jeremy K. Farrell is a passionate Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Advocate and a proud person on the spectrum himself. Throughout his career, he has worked with individuals of all ages in understanding their autism. He traveled the state of Connecticut as the Leader of Community Outreach and Recruitment to speak to parents groups about the Listening to Faces Speech and Language Autism research out of Yale’s Child Study Center. He also consulted with businesses and organizations to help them understand autism and their autistic clients as part of his work as the Director of Family and Personal Growth for Planning Across the Spectrum. Recently, Jeremy has worked as a Certified Job Coach for the Connecticut Autism Waiver helping autistic adults build their own businesses and advocated for the autistic community through offering webinars and presentations built on what he’s learned through his personal and professional life.