In this episode, Jill Escher, mother to two profoundly autistic young adults and autism advocate, talks about the TRUE rise in autism, including profound(severe) autism, and possible causes for this rise.
Jill Escher, JD, MA, is president of the National Council on Severe Autism, founder of Escher Fund for Autism (a fund that supports autism programs and research), secretary and past president of Autism Society San Francisco Bay Area, and a housing provider for adults with autism and intellectual disabilities. Her work has been published in The Free Press, Environmental Epigenetics, Biology of Reproduction, Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis, and the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. She is a former lawyer and is the mother of two children with nonverbal profound autism, Jonathan, 26, and Sophie, 18. More info: jillescher.com.
Contact: info@ncsautism.org
Cover art by Charlotte Feldman
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