Amanda Boyer is the student success librarian at Susquehanna University, where she has worked since 2021 and also earned her undergraduate degree. She holds an MLIS from Kent State University (2020) and has experience in medical, public, and academic libraries. Her research focuses on accessibility, neurodivergence, social justice in libraries, and supporting first-year students. She has published several research articles and a book chapter, and has presented her work at numerous conferences and workshops. This book extends her ongoing efforts to create accessible library spaces for neurodivergent students, a mission she continues to pursue in collaboration with the university's Counseling and Psychological Services' Neurodivergent and Autism Spectrum Therapy Group and the newly founded Autism Student Union.
Amir EI-Chidiac is a librarian and instructor at the Community College of Philadelphia. Formally, they were a diversity resident librarian at Susquehanna University. Amir holds an MFA from the New College of California (2007) and an MLS from North Carolina Central University (2021). Amir's academic and creative writing has been widely published. As a disabled and neurodivergent librarian, Amir is passionate about creating accessible library spaces for diverse student populations and creating a space for knowledge sharing, exploration, joy, and relaxation.