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Watch Shahriar speak with Desiree Kameka Galloway, the lead consultant of Neuro-Inclusive Housing Solutions. In this episode they speak about the challenges and solutions for autism housing.
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Desiree Galloway’s LinkedIn Bio: Having visited over 120 residential opportunities and social enterprises across the USA, and led a network of over 250 organizations, I use this experience and network to help individuals and local leaders understand supportive housing options, service delivery models and strategies for neuro-inclusive community development. My vision is that every person with intellectual/developmental disability, autism or other neurodiversity can access a home in their community that actively fosters relationships and meaningful inclusion. This vision drives Neuro-Inclusive Housing Solutions, LLC to conduct local market analysis, support advocacy efforts and coalition building, connect professionals and provide consulting services to housing developers for data-driven housing solutions across the country.
As co-author and co-editor of the groundbreaking report, A Place in the World: Fueling Housing and Community Options for Adults with Autism and Other Neurodiversities, we are just beginning to develop the marketplace of cognitively-accessible housing solutions. I have been invited to speak on panels at the World Human Rights Cities Forum by UN-Habitat, the United Nations World Autism Awareness Day, Great Minds Coming Together on Autism International Conference, and at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) and was an invited member of the IACC Housing Taskforce. It is time to start building a better future in order to prevent the displacement and/or homelessness of valuable community members…
Desiree Galloway’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/desiree-kameka-galloway-810444104
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