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Author Talk with Sam Farmer: A Long Walk Down a Winding Road

Small Steps, Challenges, & Triumphs Through an Autistic Lens

2024-09-04 19:00:00 2024-09-04 20:00:00 America/New_York Author Talk with Sam Farmer: A Long Walk Down a Winding Road Join us for a discussion with author Sam Farmer about his book, A Long Walk Down a Winding Road - Small Steps, Challenges, & Triumphs Through an Autistic Lens. Memorial Hall Library - Memorial Hall

Wednesday, September 04
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-09-04 19:00:00 2024-09-04 20:00:00 America/New_York Author Talk with Sam Farmer: A Long Walk Down a Winding Road Join us for a discussion with author Sam Farmer about his book, A Long Walk Down a Winding Road - Small Steps, Challenges, & Triumphs Through an Autistic Lens. Memorial Hall Library - Memorial Hall

Memorial Hall Library

Memorial Hall

Join us for a discussion with author Sam Farmer about his book, A Long Walk Down a Winding Road - Small Steps, Challenges, & Triumphs Through an Autistic Lens.

From the unique perspective of someone on the autism spectrum comes a book about working to carve out a better life in the face of challenge and adversity. Interwoven with true stories of personal hardships and triumphs, A Long Walk Down a Winding Road offers ideas and insights aimed at inspiring and empowering the reader to enhance quality of life. It also exposes what it can feel like to be autistic, as told by somebody who actually walks in these shoes.

Sam Farmer is a neurodiversity community self-advocate, writer/author, public speaker and consultant for Floreo, a company that leverages virtual reality technology in teaching life skills for neurodiverse individuals. Diagnosed later in life as autistic, he writes blogs and articles, records coaching videos and podcasts, and presents at conferences and support groups, sharing stories and thoughts as to how one can achieve greater happiness and success in the face of challenge and adversity. A Long Walk Down a Winding Road - Small Steps, Challenges, & Triumphs Through an Autistic Lens is his first book. To learn more, visit samfarmerauthor.com.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Library Program--Adults |

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