patient - special needs, Research Analyst
Harvey Capital Corp
Joseph Banchik, BA was diagnosed at age 2 with autism. Although faced with neurodiversity issues, he completed high school and was admitted first to Ivy Technical College where he was inducted into Alpha Sigma Rho chapter of Phi Theta Kappa in September of 2013. Subsequently, he was admitted as a degree candidate student to Indiana University, Bloomington where he successfully completed a BA in Media Studies. After completing college, he found work as a business analyst at an investment firm in Los Angeles and now lives fully independently. He also maintains his own website, Theautisticgourmet.com, where he talks about his love of gourmet cooking and discusses issues such as dealing with fixed food preferences in the autistic population. He has been the subject of an article in the local Indiana newspaper on his love for cooking and how he has working with the autistic population at IU helping them to expand their food preferences thus making them more comfortable with trying new experiences. He is looking forward to sharing how he deals with stressful issues such as medical care and how his stress relieving techniques can hopefully be applied to the autistic population at large.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
10:15am – 11:15am CT