Wes Garton, M.S. is Program Manager for the Spectrum Scholars initiative at University of Delaware. Spectrum Scholars’ vision is to empower autistic people and their communities, through collaboration, advocacy, research, education, and service. Wes has worked with and learned from neurodivergent students for ten years in a variety of helping roles, including academic coach, coordinator, advisor, and most recently manager. Wes is a strengths-based practitioner with an interest in neurotypicality and communication and linguistics. Wes has presented at several national conferences including twice at the College Autism Summit. In his personal time Wes loves running, traveling, and spending time with his wife. His favorite past time of all, however, is sitting by the fireplace in the winter with a beverage and listening to a vinyl record. Wes can be reached at wgarton@udel.edu.