Gayle is an activist mom of an 11th grader with learning differences.  She is an educator, author, advocate, ally, and learning differences consultant, and has been living in the spectrum 15 years. She teaches non-credit workshops as a pro bono adjunct at Lone Star College System (LSCS) Academy of Lifelong Learning (ALL) campuses and out in the community.  She is Founder at GettingSorted.com, SpecialNeedsSibs.org, OurTrainingCenter.org and IfWeLearnDifferently.com.  She participates on several teams of Behavioral Health and Suicide Prevention Community Taskforce (BHSP) and on the boards of Cafe Azul, Coffee/Crafting/Community, and NAMI-Greater Houston, and has contributed to Autism Moms Are Beautiful. She loves to collaborate, and always has new projects she is working on, including Aprendemos Diferente, Lights! Camera! Action!, Share the Knowledge Brown Bag Lunch & Learns, a documentary series on Neurodiversity Stories of Heart, Challenge, Strategy, and First Responders Supports When Dealing with Neurodiversity.  We also love our interns from Sam Houston State University (SHSU), College of Public Health.  More can be found at GettingSorted.com and her consulting website. Another link, if you wish. Her 2 children are her heroes. Oh, and Temple Grandin, her third hero!

Gayle grew up on and worked on a farm in Illinois, the oldest of five.  She then moved to Houston and worked 17 years in corporate America (construction, oil, gas, petrochemical and consulting).  Seeking greater purpose, Gayle moved into education.  She has earned a M.Ed., Ed.Tech. from Texas A&M, a B.B.A. in Finance from University of Houston, and a A.A. in Pre-Engineering from Houston Community College.   

Gayle is available for speaking engagements and customized workshops.
She is also the author of a series of eBooks and publications about the world of learning differences. Browse available selections here.

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Let's work together to raise the community's awareness and to provide parents the tools necessary to
enlighten, engage and educate children of learning differences.

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