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SUMMARY:Holding My Own: Lessons Learned as a Neurodivergent Library Leader
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
DESCRIPTION:Holding My Own: Lessons Learned as a Neurodivergent Library Leader \n\n10/21/25 02:00 PM EST\n - 10/21/25 03:15 PM EST\Description:\nRecorded 10/21/25\n\nNeurodivergent librarians face unique challenges in the workplace, particularly as they climb the leadership ladder. In this honest and straightforward conversation rooted in her real-world experiences, Librarian and Accessibility Consultant Renee Grassi discusses lessons learned, navigating her nearly twenty years in libraries and thirteen years in management and administration. Whether you are a neurodivergent library leader yourself or supervise one as a Board Trustee, Director, or Manager, leave this presentation with new perspectives about the strengths and challenges of your neurodivergent peers and recommendations for advocacy and support. \n\nLearning Objectives:\n\n Attendees will increase awareness about relevant language and information to discuss disabilities and neurodiversity through the lens of the speaker’s personal lived experiences.\n Attendees will understand the benefits of a strengths-based person-centered approach to supporting, managing, and supervising neurodivergent library leaders. \n “Attendees who identify as neurodivergent will leave with at least 5 strategies to assist themselves with being a neurodivergent leader.\n\nPresenter:\n\nRenee Grassi, Librarian and Accessibility Consultant Speaker\nLibrarian, author, trainer, administrator, teacher, and consultant Renee Grassi is an advocate for equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility in libraries, schools, and communities. As a neurodivergent librarian herself, Renee has worked in public libraries for nearly twenty years, developing award-winning library initiatives that welcome, support, and welcome disabled re\Location:\nOnline via Zoom\n\n,
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10/21/25 02:00 PM EST - 10/21/25 03:15 PM EST
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Recorded 10/21/25
Neurodivergent librarians face unique challenges in the workplace, particularly as they climb the leadership ladder. In this honest and straightforward conversation rooted in her real-world experiences, Librarian and Accessibility Consultant Renee Grassi discusses lessons learned, navigating her nearly twenty years in libraries and thirteen years in management and administration. Whether you are a neurodivergent library leader yourself or supervise one as a Board Trustee, Director, or Manager, leave this presentation with new perspectives about the strengths and challenges of your neurodivergent peers and recommendations for advocacy and support.
Learning Objectives:
- Attendees will increase awareness about relevant language and information to discuss disabilities and neurodiversity through the lens of the speaker’s personal lived experiences.
- Attendees will understand the benefits of a strengths-based person-centered approach to supporting, managing, and supervising neurodivergent library leaders.
- “Attendees who identify as neurodivergent will leave with at least 5 strategies to assist themselves with being a neurodivergent leader.
Presenter:
Renee Grassi, Librarian and Accessibility Consultant Speaker
Librarian, author, trainer, administrator, teacher, and consultant Renee Grassi is an advocate for equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility in libraries, schools, and communities. As a neurodivergent librarian herself, Renee has worked in public libraries for nearly twenty years, developing award-winning library initiatives that welcome, support, and welcome disabled re
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Online via Zoom
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