Dr. Kerry Magro (Mah-grow) Ed.D. is an award-winning autistic professional speaker, best-selling author and autism consultant to the HBO series Mrs. Fletcher and the latest season of Netflix’s Emmy-Award Winning Series ‘Love on the Spectrum U.S.’
He started professional speaking 13 years ago via the National Speakers Association after he fell in love with theater as a child to help with his social and communication skills. Today, he has spoken at over 1300 events during that time, including 2 TEDx Talks 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 100 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, which now has 253,000 Facebook followers, where he does on-camera interviews highlighting people impacted by a diagnosis to breaking down barriers in our community. The videos he’s produced have been watched over 35 Million times.
For his efforts in the community, he’s been featured on NBC’s Today Show, CBS News, FOX5, Upworthy, and other outlets. He frequently speaks in person and virtually to companies on Neurodiversity in the Workplace, including JP Morgan Chase, TD Bank, and S&P Global.
His books include:
Kerry’s best-selling books Defining Autism From The Heart, and Autism and Falling in Love, I Will Light It Up Blue, and his latest, Autistics on Autism, have reached Amazon Best-Seller Lists for Special Needs Parenting.