In Conversation with Jodi Rodgers

Jodi Rodgers will be in conversation with Adrienne Francis on her new book Unique : What autism can teach us about difference, connection and belonging, which explores the powerful impact of embracing neurodiversity and forming meaningful connections with those around us.

About the Book

'We could all use a Jodi in our lives' NEW YORK TIMES

Beloved star of ABC TV's award-winning Love on the Spectrum and disability rights advocate Jodi Rodgers shares stories from her three-decade career working with the autistic community and calls for a more inclusive and accepting society where we are more empathetic and curious about all the relationships in our lives.

Jodi explores the powerful impact of embracing neurodiversity and forming meaningful connections with those around us. Each chapter highlights a different story and an aspect of human behaviour, including:
- How we perceive the world, and our own unique experience of thinking, sensing and feeling
- How we communicate our perspective to others, understand one another and express ourselves, and
- How we can better connect with one another

With dozens of moving stories, Jodi's book will give readers a deeper understanding of and appreciation for the neurodiverse community around them. Above all, it will inspire a profound sense of belonging, revealing that we're much more similar than we think and that all of our differences are worth celebrating.

'Jodi Rodgers enters the world of many individual autistic people. She will serve as your guide to their inner experiences. This book will provide greater acceptance and understanding' TEMPLE GRANDIN, author of Visual Thinking

About Jodi Rodgers

Jodi was featured on Love on the Spectrum, which was released on the ABC and globally on Netflix.

Jodi Rodgers is a qualified sexologist, counsellor and special education teacher. She has worked within the education and community sectors in both Australia and internationally and has extensive experience working with people with disability and diverse neurology across the life span.

Jodi established her private practice, Birds and Bees, after thirty years of working within the education, disability and sexuality fields. Birds and Bees specialises in delivering counselling services and workshops for people with a disability, with a focus on relationships, sexuality and sexual health.

About Adrienne Francis

Adrienne Francis has worked as a radio, television and digital journalist and presenter for ABC Canberra since 2010. During her more than fifteen-year career with the ABC she has primarily worked in TV and Radio News. She has presented the ABC’s flagship TV and Radio News bulletins in the ACT and Northern Territory and she also worked as a television current affairs reporter for 7.30 ACT, which was one of Canberra’s most popular TV programs.

Adrienne began her career with ABC Local Radio where she worked across outback northern Australia. She worked as a specialist rural journalist based out of Katherine and Kununurra, before becoming presenter of the Northern Territory Country Hour in Darwin.

She has reported for national television current affairs programs, including Landline and Australia Wide. She has also worked as a reporter for ABC Radio's national current affairs unit, for the programs 'AM', The World Today, 'PM', and 'Saturday AM'.

About the Event

Books will be available for purchase on the evening with book signings from 7.00pm.
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