09.20.24 - Poeticare For All - A Plan for Everyone, Anywhere on the Spectrum

Is your life poetic? Find out how poets are helping total strangers discover medicinal metaphors hidden within their most intimate stories.
We will also be talking about Todd Boss' book The Boy Who Said Wow, a heartwarming real story about an autistic and non-verbal boy and the wonderful reaction he had to beautiful music, and also giving you some resources for advocacy and acceptance for Autistic/Neurodiverse people and their loved ones.
Todd Boss (b. 1968) is an independent American producer, writer, public artist, and innovator who has contributed to EMMY-winning and GRAMMY-nominated projects, and published four poetry collections with W. W. Norton. He is also author of the the book The Boy Who Said Wow, available from Simon & Schuster.
Rev. Amy Pringle is an Episcopal priest of almost 30 years. The last 20 of those years have been at St. George's Episcopal Church in La Canada. Amy shares what she and her congregants have learned in the last year about the neurodiverse community, its needs and its gifts as the church hosts a weekly neurodiverse service.
Resources for Autism and Developmental Disabilities:
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The Boy Who Said Wow: www.simonandsc...
St. George's Episcopal Church in La Canada: stglc.org/
ICUJP is 23 years old! See what we have been up to:
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