Episode 2 - Autism and Resiliency, with Dena Gassner

In this episode, hosts Lauren Gerber Ms. Ed., PSY. D. and Becca Lory, CAS, BCCS speak with Dena Gassner. Dena is an advocate, writer, and speaker- including presenting for the UN in Geneva, Russia, and Cambridge. She discovered she had Asperger’s syndrome while getting her son diagnosed as being on the spectrum. Dena talks about her and her son’s diagnoses, the challenges of balancing her Ph.D. program with family needs, and her work on resiliency theory.