Jen Malia speaks to parents, educators, librarians, administrators, community leaders, writers, and students about autism, neurodiversity, and children’s books.
She is a go-to expert in autism and neurodiversity who has appeared on NPR and written personal essays, reported essays, op-eds, and book reviews for outlets such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, New York Magazine, Woman’s Day, Glamour, and others. Her children’s books, June’s Solar Oven, Too Sticky! Sensory Issues with Autism, and the Infinity Rainbow Club series, draw on her experiences with and research on neurodivergence. She is an autistic mom of three neurodivergent children who have different combinations of autism, ADHD, OCD, dyslexia, and dysgraphia. She has more than twenty-five years of teaching experience, including four years as an assistant professor of writing at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. She is currently a full professor of English at Norfolk State University.
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