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‘Retired’ OT professor not resting on laurels

Tina Fletcher is not resting in retirement. Fletcher, a professor emerita in the School of Occupational Therapy, retired from Texas Woman’s in 2022. While she now has more time for traveling, she has continued to write and recently published a book along with four collaborators.

"Success on the Spectrum: Practical Strategies for Engaging Neurodiverse Audiences in Arts and Cultural Organizations", was published by Rowman & Littlefield in January and is co-written by Fletcher, Emily Wiskera, Anna Smith, Lynda Wilbur and Francis Yong Chen. The authors, with expertise as museum educators, as an occupational therapist and a school psychologist, offer advice on how to improve experiences in cultural arts for individuals with autism spectrum disorder and other forms of neurodiversity. 

Fletcher answered a few questions about her book and how her time at Texas Woman’s contributed to it. Additionally, she has decided to come back to teach in the spring 2024 semester at TWU.