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Episode 159 – Autism and Neurodiversity – Creating a User-Friendly Community Dr. Marianne T. Ritchie
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Your Real Champion®: “Brooke Goodspeed and The GET Café” Dr. Marianne T. Ritchie
Your Real Champion® – “Brooke Goodspeed and The GET Café”
Brooke Goodspeed is a woman of many talents. As a nurse practitioner, she has spent years working with cancer patients. Then in 2010, her son was born with down syndrome and was later diagnosed with autism. Brooke quickly learned that unlike other medical conditions, the resources were few for people on the spectrum. Since then, Brooke and her husband opened the GET Café, a coffee shop which employs people with disabilities, a space where people with special needs can gather and not feel alone.
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Marianne T. Ritchie, MD was one of the first female gastroenterologists practicing in the Philadelphia area. An advocate for over 30 years, Dr. Ritchie developed the PINK PLUS triple cancer screening program, and the BLUE LIGHTS CAMPAIGN for Colon Cancer Awareness.Recent Episodes
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