My Experience in Information Dissemination

My name is Drew Milne, and this article describes my experiences working to disseminate research findings. I’ve always been fascinated with the ways people communicate, and I wanted my work to contribute to helping people. In this article, I describe my pathway to becoming an information dissemination specialist. I also share important lessons I learned as I built my career. Finally, I offer suggestions on how researchers can support more self-advocates to work as information dissemination specialists. If we can all be more willing to listen closely to people who may not express themselves in exactly the same way as we do, we can all experience the benefits of new ideas we may have never heard before.