Yenn Purkis is a proud non-binary, autistic, atypical schizophrenic, neurodivergent person who invites us to learn more about their "culture" of neurodiversity, while helping to shed light on the wonderful character of Carey Grant from "The Glass House".
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YENN PURKIS
Today Jayashri and I are delighted to be joined by Yenn Purkis. Yenn is an author, and passionate advocate for Autistic people and their families. Yenn is the author of ‘Finding a Different Kind of Normal: Misadventures with Asperger Syndrome’ – an autobiography, ‘The Wonderful World of Work: A Workbook for Asperteens’- an activity book about employment for teens on the Autism spectrum.
Yenn is co-author of ‘The Guide to Good Mental Health on the Autism Spectrum’ and ‘The Parents’ Practical Guide to Resilience for Children aged 2-10 on the Autism Spectrum.’ Yenn has also contributed to other books, journals, blogs and websites. Yenn has a diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome and atypical schizophrenia, is also an “out loud and proud non-binary and Asexual person”.
Yenn is very proud that they are one of less than 100 people to have given 2 TED talks, the others including Michelle Obama and Bill Gates!
Yenn uses they/them pronouns.
WEBSITE
https://yennpurkis.com/
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