Jennifer Cook O'Toole, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American author and speaker
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Place of Birth: Glen Ridge, New Jersey, United States
About Jennifer Cook O'Toole
- Jennifer Lynn Cook O'Toole (born October 24, 1975) is an American author and speaker.
- She is known for her six Asperkids books, which have been translated into six languages.
- Her memoir Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum sold more copies in one day than any other previous book in the genre and was chosen a "Best Book" by Publishers Weekly. She was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome in 2011, just after all three of her children and her husband were diagnosed with the same condition.
- In 2019, she became the inaugural Senior Directorial Consultant for Jefferson University Hospitals Jefferson Health Center for Autism and Neurodiversity in Philadelphia, and was selected to address the United States' National Institutes of Health Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee regarding the unique issues surrounding women, girls, and autism.
- O'Toole advised the President's Council on Disabilities and President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition at the White House in 2015, and had a voice in the creation of Julia, the first autistic character on Sesame Street.She is a featured contributor in Dr.
- Tony Atwood's Top Aspie Mentors: Been There, Done That and Autism & Learning Differences, and wrote the forewords to Dragonfly: A Daughter's Emergence from Autism: A Practical Guide for Parents and Easy to Love, Hard to Live With.
- O'Toole sits on the Autism Society of America's Panel of People on the Spectrum, is a columnist/expert panelist for Amy Poehler's Smart Girls, Autism Asperger's Digest, Zoom Autism Magazine, AuKids Magazine, Special Magazine, and the Journal for the North American Montessori Teachers' Association NAMTA, and is a commentator on National Public Radio's WHYY and WFAE as well as Fox's WTXF-TV and NBC's Charlotte Today.
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