Robots and Autism with Richard Margolin

Join Pat and her guest Richard Margolin as they discuss how ROBOKIND is improving outcomes for K-12 autistic students. Richard Margolin is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of RoboKind, and over the past 14 years has developed some of the world’s most recognizable facially expressive and socially interactive robots. An accomplished researcher, engineer, public speaker, and executive, Richard’s mission is to make a positive impact by working to make technology and education exciting, accessible, and equitable for everyone. Richard has received numerous awards and accolades for his impactful work and leadership at RoboKind. He is EdTech Digest’s Visionary Leader in Education for 2021, an EY Entrepreneur of the Year winner in the Social Impact category, a Forbes Technology Council member, a 2017 Tech Titan inventor of the year, a 2018 Red Herring Top 100 North American and Global winner for the year’s most promising private technology ventures. In 2018, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers awarded Richard and RoboKind the Emerging Technology Award in Robotics; He was also named to the Business Journal 40 Under 40 list, and the D CEO 500 Most Powerful Business Leaders in Dallas-Fort Worth for 2020 and 2021. Richard was also featured in Men’s Health for his Origami Hobby. Which began as physical therapy after a sports injury caused nerve damage to his hand. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robokind Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robokindrobots Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/robokind RoboKind works with schools and therapy centers to provide facially expressive robots with an extensive social and emotional learning curriculum for children with autism and other social, emotional and behavioral deficits. Learn more at: www.robokind.com Self Sabotage... we all do it. If you aren’t happy with your life, you are self-sabotaging. Are you making the money you want? Are your relationships what you desire them to be? Is your health where you want it? If not, you are sabotaging yourself. Pat Pearson, M.S.S.W. author, and psychotherapist has found what you create in life is largely determined by what you think you deserve. This podcast focuses on the psychology of stopping self-sabotage and truly creating the life you want and deserve! How much do you think you are self-sabotaging? Take our quiz. If you want a deeper dive into self-sabotage, get Pat's book, Stop Self-Sabotage. Find Stop Self-Sabotage on your preferred listening platform at https://omny.fm/shows/stopselfsabotage/playlists/stopselfsabotage Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/stopselfsabotagepod Twitter - https://twitter.com/stopSelfSabpod Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/stopselfsabotagepod This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp! Receive 10% off your first month by going to: https://betterhelp.com/SSS Hot Pie Media is an on-demand digital audio/video entertainment network with interests primarily in the creation of original, relevant, and entertaining podcasts. https://hotpiemedia.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.