Here to talk to us about employment is Haley Moss, Florida's first openly autistic attorney who will later be our keynote on our all women's panel.
Haley Moss was diagnosed with autism at age 3 and made international headlines for becoming the first documented openly autistic attorney admitted to The Florida Bar. She received her Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law in 2018 and graduated from the University of Florida in 2015 with Bachelor’s degrees in Psychology and Criminology. Following her admission to the Bar, Haley became aware that less than 1% of lawyers reported having a disability. When she was an associate attorney practicing in healthcare and international law, Haley realized her impact in the field of inclusion as a sought-out public speaker across the nation. To help revolutionize the practice of law, Haley founded her own company to lead the charge of working with businesses and law firms to hire and retain autistic and neurodiverse talent. Haley is the author of “Middle School: The Stuff Nobody Tells You About” and “A Freshman Survival Guide for College Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Stuff Nobody Tells You About.” She also illustrated and contributed to the anthology “What Every Autistic Girl Wishes Her Parents Knew.” Her writing about autism, neurodiversity, and disability has appeared in publications such as The Washington Post, ABA Journal, HuffPost, Teen Vogue, FastCompany, and more. Haley also co-hosts the Spectrum Speaking podcast, which is dedicated to women on the autism spectrum. In addition, she has forthcoming legal scholarship on lawyers with disabilities, and disability’s intersection with standardized testing, as well as on crimes against disabled children. Haley has been featured in major media such as the TODAY Show, Forbes, CNN, USA Today, Yahoo!, and People, to name a few. She currently serves on the constituency board for the University of Miami – Nova Southeastern University Center for Autism and Related Disabilities and the Board of Directors for Different Brains, is the Chair of the Unicorn Children’s Foundation Junior Board and is a co-chair of the Miami-Dade Chapter of Florida Association for Women Lawyers diversity committee.