Religion & Spirituality
Claire Barnett is a 2019 cum laude graduate of Vanderbilt’s Peabody School, with a Bachelor of Science in Human and Organizational Development. She now works as the Communications Coordinator at Vanderbilt’s Frist Center for Autism and Innovation. Claire is an autism self-advocate and proponent of the neurodiversity movement. She founded the Vanderbilt Autism & Neurodiversity Alliance (VANA) and wrote a disability advocacy column for the Vanderbilt Hustler. She is also a passionate photojournalist and spent two of her three years as an undergraduate student as the Photography Director of the Hustler.In addition to neurodiversity advocacy and photography, Claire is also fascinated by politics and has completed two internships for Senator Lamar Alexander and two internships through the White House Internship Program. She hopes to spend her career doing some combination of photography and writing, autism advocacy, and government service. You can hear Claire's Tedx talk here: https://youtu.be/FVZu557_k04You can read Claire's Huffington Post article here: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/autism-awareness-service-dog-ski-resort_n_603e75f5c5b601179ec0e5a7Follow Claire on Instagram @autistic.chick and follow Maeve @maevemakeswaves.To follow What’s Your Story on Instagram visit http://www.instagram.com/whatsyourstory.podcastTo connect with Hannah visit http://www.hannahrconway.comTo connect with Stephani visit http://www.stephanicook.orgTo help support the WYS podcast visit http://www.buymeacoffee.com/wyspodcastCover photo by Alison Weakley PhotographyBackground music by Scott Holmes