About Jeanne Beard.
Jeanne is the devoted mother of 2 sons, one diagnosed with Asperger’s, one with ADHD. A graduate of both Northwestern University and Dale Carnegie training, Jeanne is a successful Vice President of Sales for a Chicago-based printing company with a 25-year tenure. As Jeanne grew in her understanding of life with Autism, her personal mission became supporting other parents by providing the help she needed and couldn’t find. Jeanne is so sure that this information will change your life that she created the National Autism Academy to provide the platform to share this incredibly valuable information with you from the comfort of your home, and with the flexibility, you need to fit it into your schedule.
ABOUT THE AUTISM THOUGHT LEADER
Jeanne Beard
Jeanne Beard, founder of the National Autism Academy and author of Autism & The Rest Of Us, has decades of experience in the trenches with Asperger’s Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorders, and the people diagnosed with them. In addition to her essential life experience creating functional, nurturing, and balanced relationships with those on the spectrum, Jeanne was mentored by clinical expert Timothy Wahlberg, Ph.D. during the writing of his clinical guide Finding the Gray: Understanding and Thriving in the Black and White World of Autism and Asperger’s. Through her incredible insight into the thoughts, experiences, and challenges of those on the spectrum and of the rest of us, Jeanne builds a bridge to hope and a better future for us all.