Welcome to Why Not Me the World Podcast, hosted by Tony Mantor.

Broadcasting from Music City, USA, Nashville, Tennessee.

Join us as our guests tell us their stories.

Some will make you laugh, some will make you cry.

Real life people who will inspire and show that you are not alone in this world.

Hopefully you gain more awareness, acceptance,

and a better understanding for autism around the world.

Hi, I'm Tony Mientor.

Welcome to Why Not Meet the World.

Joining us today is Teresa Haskins, an educator, researcher, and notably a mother with an autistic child.

Her journey began seeking answers, which led to providing those answers by immersing herself and learning. This led to her teaching

others how to help themselves find success and achieve their full potential in a more diverse,

inclusive, and equitable world. It's a pleasure to have her on to share her expertise with us.

Thanks for joining us. Well, thank you so much for having me.

I really appreciate it. If you would, let's just tell people what you do and how you got there.

So currently, there's a lot of things going on. I have a multitude of rules. I'm a professor at the

University of Southern California.

I teach graduate studies in human resource management,

and I work there to really push a neurodiversity lens to help

future leaders really try to get a better sense of how to be more accommodating.

And as part of the university, then I started to see

some of the issues in higher education. I work with faculty so that they're more inclusive

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