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Jennifer Cook O'Toole
Jennifer Cook O'Toole (born 1975) is an American author and speaker.〔 She is known for her ''Asperkids'' series of books and ''Speaking Geek'' multimedia series,〔 aimed at educating people from the perspective of someone with Asperger syndrome.〔 O'Toole was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome in 2011, just after her children received similar diagnoses.〔 O'Toole is a featured contributor to Dr. Tony Atwood's ''Top Aspie Mentors: Been There, Done That'', ''Autism & Learning Differences'',〔 and wrote the foreword to ''Easy to Love, Hard to Live With''.〔 She is a columnist/expert panelist for Amy Poehler’s ''Smart Girls at the Party'',〔〔 ''Autism Asperger’s Digest'',〔 ''Zoom Autism Magazine'',〔 ''AuKids Magazine'',〔 ''“Special” Magazine'', and the ''Journal for the North American Montessori Teachers' Association,'' and is a frequent commentator on National Public Radio's WFAE ''Charlotte Talks''〔 and NBC's ''Charlotte Today''.〔
==Background==
Jennifer Lynn Cook was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, and grew up in West Caldwell, New Jersey, the only child of Joseph and Jane Cook. Her father was an international commercial litigator (d.2007). Her mother served as the only woman on their town council for 12 years.
Cook began dance at age two, a lifelong passion, which she continued through college, at age seven, she became a member of MENSA. Cook attended Brown University, where she majored in American Civilization, graduating with honors in 1997.〔 She was hired as a counselor in the Domestic Violence Unit of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department in Charlotte, NC. In this capacity, she trained officers, led student-focused presentations in colleges and high schools, and served as a victim advocate. In 1999, Cook began Master's work at the Graduate School of Social Work at Columbia University in New York City. After Columbia, she enrolled at the Graduate School of Education at Queens University of Charlotte, while teaching language arts at both the middle school and high school levels.〔 In her first term, she garnered a student-initiated nomination for Disney's American Teacher of the Year Award.〔
Jennifer Cook O'Toole currently (2015) lives near Charlotte, North Carolina with her husband and three children.
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