Meet Genny Stiller (she/her), a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner with a Master of Science in Nursing. She is an International Certified Lactation Consultant and a Certified Neurodiverse Lactation Specialist. In 2022, she founded the Neurodiverse Lactation Education Center, which provides unique lactation support, education, and training that reflects the neurodivergent lactation experience.
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Join Genny Stiller as she delves into the distinctive lactation experience of neurodivergent clients. Participants will gain an increased understanding of neurodivergent characteristics as they may present in lactation, learn accessible steps to build a neurodivergent affirming lactation practice, and discover how to expand current support models to support neurodivergent clients effectively.
Handout: Presentation Handout PDF
Further reading recommended:
The Neurodivergent Lactation Experience. Breastfeeding and Lactation. (2023). Stiller, G. https://www.elacta-magazine.eu/en-gb/archive---english
Autistic women's views and experiences of infant feeding: A systematic review of qualitative evidence. Autism. (2022). Grant A, Jones S, Williams K, Leigh J, Brown A. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35411810/
It makes my skin crawl: Women’s experience of breastfeeding aversion response. (2022). Morns, M., Steel, A., McIntyre, E., Burns, E. Women and Birth.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1871519222000014?via%3Dihub
Considerations of sensory sensitivities of adult women on the autism spectrum during lactation. (2021). Stiller, G.; Yate, Z. Considerations of Sensory Sensitivities of Adult Women on the Autism Spectrum During Lactation | Springer Publishing
Supporting Breastfeeding Among Women on the Autistic Spectrum: Disability, Difference, and Delight. (2014). Pelz-Sherman, D. Supporting Breastfeeding Among Women on the Autistic Spectrum: Disability, Difference, and Delight