Kerry Magro
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Dr. Kerry Magro is an award-winning autistic professional speaker, best-selling author and autism consultant to the HBO series Mrs. Fletcher that aired in Fall 2019. He started professional speaking 10 years ago via the National Speakers Association after he fell in love with theatre as a child to help with his social and communication skills. Today he is one of the few professionally certified speakers who are autistic in the country. He has spoken at over 1000 events during that time include 2 TEDxTalks and a 'Talks at Google' presentation. In addition, Kerry is CEO & President of KFM Making A Difference, a nonprofit organization that hosts inclusion events and has provided 86 scholarships for students with autism for college and counting since 2011. In his spare time, he hosts a Facebook Page called Kerry's Autism Journey that now has 208,000 Facebook followers where he does on-camera interviews highlighting people impacted by a diagnosis to breaking down barriers in our community. His videos have been watched over 35 Million times.
Kerry's best-selling books Defining Autism From The Heart, Autism and Falling in Love and I Will Light It Up Blue! have all reached Amazon Best-Seller Lists for Special Needs Parenting. His accomplishments include consulting for the 2012 motion picture hit "Joyful Noise" starring Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton. The film earned over 30 million dollars in theaters worldwide! Kerry also consulted on the 2015 Jane Wants a Boyfriend and the 2019 HBO's Mrs. Fletcher.
Kerry's best-selling books Defining Autism From The Heart, Autism and Falling in Love and I Will Light It Up Blue! have all reached Amazon Best-Seller Lists for Special Needs Parenting. His accomplishments include consulting for the 2012 motion picture hit "Joyful Noise" starring Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton. The film earned over 30 million dollars in theaters worldwide! Kerry also consulted on the 2015 Jane Wants a Boyfriend and the 2019 HBO's Mrs. Fletcher.