Julia Futo's guest appearances

Julia Futo

Exploring Different Brains

Activist HQ

Mark Bertin

Mark Goulston

Temple Grandin

Jessica Lee

Tom Oliver

Gail Saltz

Scott Simon

Simon Baron-Cohen

Kayla McKeon

Helen Keller

Janice Ryan

Mark Davis

Lawrence Rothman

Jess Thom

Karen Parker

OwlTail

Today we are joined by Julia Futo, a neurodiversity advocate and recipient of the 2020-2021 Diversity in Action Scholarship, who shares her story with us. Julia's struggle as a neurodivergent individual has helped shape her into the fierce advocate for neurodiversity awareness that she is today. If you would like to reach out to Julia or want to find out more about her work, you can visit her Different Brains page or her LinkedIn page. You can also reach her at: juliaft55@gmail.com

Julia Futo: 2020-2021 Diversity in Action Scholarship Awardee

Self-advocate and Different Brains intern Julia Futo discusses growing up with DCD.(26 minutes) Julia faced difficulties early on in life with trying to perform everyday tasks. Before she was five years old, she was diagnosed with two learning disabilities: Encephalopathy and Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). She struggled in school for a long time, but that changed when she took journalism in high school and learned how to become an advocate. She is currently in college and hopes to help others find their voices.For Different Brains articles written by Julia: https://www.differentbrains.org/a-day-in-the-life-of-someone-with-developmental-coordination-disorder/ To see Julia’s “Neurodiversity and the Coronavirus” project: https://www.differentbrains.org/neurodiversity-the-coronavirus/ Julia’s article for EP Magazine can be seen here: https://www.epmagazine.com/blog/being-a-neurodiverse-advocate For more info: https://cee.engr.uconn.edu/include Follow Different Brains on social media:https://twitter.com/diffbrains https://www.facebook.com/different.brains/ https://www.instagram.com/diffbrains/Check out more episodes of Exploring Different Brains!http://differentbrains.org/category/edb/

Self-advocate and Different Brains intern Julia Futo discusses growing up with DCD. (26 minutes) Julia faced difficulties early on in life with trying to perform everyday tasks. Before she was five years old, she was diagnosed with two learning disabilities: Encephalopathy and Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). She struggled in school for a long time, but that changed when she took journalism in high school and learned how to become an advocate. She is currently in college and hopes to help others find their voices. For Different Brains articles written by Julia: <a href="https://www.differentbrains.org/a-day-in-the-life-of-someone-with-developmental-coordination-disorder/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.differentbrains.org/a-day-in-the-life-of-someone-with-developmental-coordination-disorder/</a> To see Julia’s “Neurodiversity and the Coronavirus” project: <a href="https://www.differentbrains.org/neurodiversity-the-coronavirus/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.differentbrains.org/neurodiversity-the-coronavirus/</a> Julia’s article for EP Magazine can be seen here: <a href="https://www.epmagazine.com/blog/being-a-neurodiverse-advocate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.epmagazine.com/blog/being-a-neurodiverse-advocate</a> For more info: <a href="https://cee.engr.uconn.edu/include" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://cee.engr.uconn.edu/include</a> Follow Different Brains on social media: <a href="https://twitter.com/diffbrains" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/diffbrains</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/different.brains/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/different.brains/</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/diffbrains/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/diffbrains/</a> Check out more episodes of Exploring Different Brains! <a href="http://differentbrains.org/category/edb/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://differentbrains.org/category/edb/</a>

DCD & Me: Living with Developmental Coordination Disorder, featuring Julia Futo | EDB 237

DCD self-advocate and Different Brains intern Julia Futo discusses how she found her voice.(14 minutes) Julia faced difficulties early on in life with trying to perform everyday tasks. Before she was five years old, she was diagnosed with two learning disabilities: Encephalopathy and Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). She struggled in school for a long time, but that changed when she took journalism in high school and learned how to become an advocate. She is currently in college and hopes to help others find their voices.For Different Brains articles written by Julia: https://www.differentbrains.org/a-day-in-the-life-of-someone-with-developmental-coordination-disorder/ To see Julia’s “Neurodiversity and the Coronavirus” project: https://www.differentbrains.org/neurodiversity-the-coronavirus/ Julia’s article for EP Magazine can be seen here: https://www.epmagazine.com/blog/being-a-neurodiverse-advocate For more info: https://cee.engr.uconn.edu/include Follow Different Brains on social media:https://twitter.com/diffbrains https://www.facebook.com/different.brains/ https://www.instagram.com/diffbrains/Check out more episodes of Exploring Different Brains!http://differentbrains.org/category/edb/

DCD self-advocate and Different Brains intern Julia Futo discusses how she found her voice. (14 minutes) Julia faced difficulties early on in life with trying to perform everyday tasks. Before she was five years old, she was diagnosed with two learning disabilities: Encephalopathy and Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). She struggled in school for a long time, but that changed when she took journalism in high school and learned how to become an advocate. She is currently in college and hopes to help others find their voices. For Different Brains articles written by Julia: <a href="https://www.differentbrains.org/a-day-in-the-life-of-someone-with-developmental-coordination-disorder/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.differentbrains.org/a-day-in-the-life-of-someone-with-developmental-coordination-disorder/</a> To see Julia’s “Neurodiversity and the Coronavirus” project: <a href="https://www.differentbrains.org/neurodiversity-the-coronavirus/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.differentbrains.org/neurodiversity-the-coronavirus/</a> Julia’s article for EP Magazine can be seen here: <a href="https://www.epmagazine.com/blog/being-a-neurodiverse-advocate" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.epmagazine.com/blog/being-a-neurodiverse-advocate</a> For more info: <a href="https://cee.engr.uconn.edu/include" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://cee.engr.uconn.edu/include</a> Follow Different Brains on social media: <a href="https://twitter.com/diffbrains" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/diffbrains</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/different.brains/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/different.brains/</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/diffbrains/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/diffbrains/</a> Check out more episodes of Exploring Different Brains! <a href="http://differentbrains.org/category/edb/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://differentbrains.org/category/edb/</a>

Becoming a Neurodiversity Self-Advocate, with Julia Futo | EDB 236