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Celebrating Disability Pride Month with Author Jen Malia
2026-07-08 10:30:00 2026-07-08 12:00:00 America/New_York Celebrating Disability Pride Month with Author Jen Malia In honor of Disability Pride Month, join us for an Author's Visit with Jen Malia, autistic author of Too Sticky! Sensory Issues with Autism. Q&A session to follow. Please register. Island Heights Branch -

Wednesday, July 08
10:30am - 12:00pm

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In honor of Disability Pride Month, join us for an Author's Visit with Jen Malia, autistic author of Too Sticky! Sensory Issues with Autism. Q&A session to follow. Please register.

In honor of Disability Pride Month, join us for an Author’s Visit Tour featuring Jen Malia, autistic author of Too Sticky! Sensory Issues with Autism, The Infinity Rainbow Club series, and the forthcoming picture book, June’s Solar Oven. She will be discussing the importance of disability inclusion in books for children and why it matters for families and children who have any type of disability to feel seen in society. Discover how the author Jen Malia multitask being a full-time tenured English Professor, a children’s book author, and a mom to three neurodivergent children. A QR code will be displayed during the event for interested attendees to purchase books by the author online. Q&A session to follow. Please register. 

AGE GROUP: | Tweens | Teens | Seniors | Kids | All Ages | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Special Event | Lectures & Discussion | General | Diversability | Cultural Heritage & Celebrations | Book Discussion | Author Event |

TAGS: | DisabilityPrideMonth |

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