Kerry Magro, 28, is an award-winning disability advocate, best-selling author of 3 books, movie consultant of 2 autism films, non-profit founder that has given over 25 scholarships for students with autism to attend college and is a full-time employee at Autism Speaks. Magro was completely non-verbal until the age of two and a half and was diagnosed with autism at 4 years old.
These days, Magro travels around the country as a motivational speaker and disability advocate. His speeches have included two TEDx Talks. In 2014, he received accreditation from the National Speakers Association as one of the only professionally certified speakers with autism in the country. In the past 6 years Magro has spoken at over 630 events about his journey on the autism spectrum. Those speaking engagements led to a stint in TV hosting his own local cable show called the “Different is Beautiful Show,” which focuses on people who overcome adversity.
For his efforts Magro has been featured in major media and worked with amazing brands including CBS News, Upworthy, BBC News, HuffPost Live, HuffPost, American Express, J.P Morgan Chase, NBA.com and much more