Love Speaker Series – Part 1: “Love, Friendship & Connection featuring” Jennifer Cook from “Love on the Spectrum”
“Love, Friendship & Connection: Seeing Relationships Through a Different Lens”
The Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center is pleased to introduce the “Love Speaker Series,” featuring esteemed speakers from a variety of backgrounds and experiences. In Part 1 of our series, attendees will hear from Jennifer Cook on love, friendship and connection.
Oftentimes, these aspects of relationships can feel complicated—but they don’t have to stay that way. Join autistic author, speaker, and “Love on the Spectrum” coach Jennifer Cook for an engaging conversation about navigating relationships with greater confidence, authenticity and self-understanding. Through real-life stories, practical insights and plenty of humor, Jennifer will explore dating, friendship, communication, and the patterns that make meaningful connections possible. Rather than teaching people to memorize social rules, Jennifer helps them see relationships—and themselves—from a fresh perspective, leaving attendees with ideas they can use right away.
Friday, September 18 (Virtual Event)
Jennifer Cook
Offered virtually through Zoom
1:00-2:00 p.m.
- Presentation: 1:00-1:45 p.m.
- Moderated Q&A: 1:45-2:00 p.m.
About the Speaker:
Jennifer Cook is an internationally recognized neurodiversity expert, bestselling author, speaker, and consultant whose work is helping reshape the way the world understands autism, relationships, and human connection. She is the on-camera expert for Netflix’s 7x Emmy Award–winning Love on the Spectrum and serves as Autism Consultant for HBO Max’s The Pitt. Jennifer also advises creative work and storytelling initiatives ranging from Sesame Street to Twitch and Amazon. Jennifer is the author of nine bestselling books published in eight languages, including the foundational The Asperkids (Secret) Book of Social Rules, groundbreaking memoir Autism in Heels, and My Friend Julia: A Sesame Street Book About Autism.
As an autistic adult herself, Jennifer brings both professional expertise and lived experience to her work helping neurodiverse adults turn ideas about love, relationships, and connection into real-life skills that actually work. Through television, books, consulting, and speaking, she helps make the unspoken parts of connection visible so people can better understand one another and build the relationships they want.
About the Series:
The Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center (SARRC) is pleased to introduce the “Love Speaker Series,” featuring esteemed speakers from a variety of backgrounds and experiences. During this three-part series, attendees will explore topics related to relationships, dating, friendship and connection through the perspectives of autistic individuals and experts in the field. Each session will offer meaningful conversations, personal stories and opportunities to gain a deeper understanding of the diverse ways autistic people experience and build relationships. The Love Speaker Series is designed for autistic individuals, family members, professionals, community members and anyone interested in gaining a deeper understanding of the autistic perspective on relationships, connection and meaningful social experiences.
This three-part series is offered at no cost and is open to the community thanks to Think Autism®. Learn more about SARRC’s Think Autism program at autismcenter.org/ThinkAutism.