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Registration opens:
June 15th, 2026

Celebrating Disability Pride Month with Author Jen Malia
2026-07-07 10:00:00 2026-07-07 11:30:00 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 and book signing to follow. Please register. Barnegat Branch - Barnegat Meeting Room

Tuesday, July 07
10:00am - 11:30am

Add to Calendar 2026-07-07 10:00:00 2026-07-07 11:30:00 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 and book signing to follow. Please register. Barnegat Branch - Barnegat Meeting Room

Barnegat Branch

Barnegat Meeting Room

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 and book signing 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. Local Ocean County bookseller, Thunder Road Books, will be on hand for attendees to purchase books by the author. Q&A session and book signing to follow. Please register.

AGE GROUP: | All Ages |

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

TAGS: | DisabilityPrideMonth |

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