PARTNERS, ADVISORS & ALLIES

To reach stakeholder groups with the capacity to influence changes in policy and practice, we have been developing relationships with organizational advisors and allies. They will help to ensure that the film and campaign are “by and with” the communities we are representing and that tools we create are useful to the field. We will provide discussion guides for their audiences designed to facilitate meaningful conversations around neurodiversity issues and to move audiences up the ladder of engagement and advocacy.

As production draws to a close, we will collaborate with these local and national organizations to reach their audiences via screening events, conferences, trainings, and networking. Their community relationships will enable the project to reach far more educators, administrators, employers, families, health care practitioners, and people with disabilities than a traditional theatrical release alone.

PARTNERS-IN-PROCESS

We have been building strong working relationships with the following organizations, whose missions and work across sectors of society align deeply with The Future of Normal.

OTHERING AND BELONGING INSTITUTE at UC Berkeley brings together researchers, organizers, stakeholders, communicators, and policymakers to identify and eliminate barriers to an inclusive and sustainable society in order to create transformative change.

CHILD MIND INSTITUTE is dedicated to transforming the lives of children and families struggling with mental health and learning disorders by giving them the help they need to thrive.

HASKINS LABORATORY at Yale University and University of Connecticut is a community of scientists conducting research on improving or remediating speech, reading disabilities, and human communication.

ADVISORS

Wanda Blanchett Distinguished Professor, Rutgers University Graduate School of Education; Lead Co-Editor of Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners

Sheldon Horowitz Learning Disabilities Consultant; former Senior Advisor, National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD)

Lindsay Jones Chief Executive Officer of CAST,  fostering belonging and Universal Deisgn for Learning. Former President and CEO of NCLD.

Adam Lalor Vice President of Research and Innovation, Landmark College Institute for Research & Training       

Priya Lavani Professor of Disability Studies at Montclair State University, whose research examines the socio-political contexts within which people with disabilities and their families exist

Nicole Ofiesh Director of the Schwab Learning Center at Children’s Health Council (CHC); Chief Innovation Officer, Potentia Institute 21

ADVOCATES & ALLIES

Autistic Self Advocacy Network
CAST
Center for Learner Equity
Children’s Health Council
Decoding Dyslexia
DeMoya Foundation
Neurodiversity Alliance
Landmark College
Learning Disabilities Association of America
National Center on Learning Disabilities
Stanford Neurodiversity Project
The Southport School
Understood
Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity
Yale University Center for Emotional Intelligence