Torey Hayden | |
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Born | 21 May 1951 Livingston, Montana, U.S. |
Alma mater | Whitman College |
Known for | factual books about her experiences |
Scientific career | |
Fields | autism, Tourette syndrome, sexual abuse, fetal alcohol syndrome, elective mutism, selective mutism |
Victoria Lynn Hayden, known as Torey L. Hayden (born 21 May 1951 in Livingston, Montana, U.S.[1]), is a special education teacher, university lecturer and writer of non-fiction books based on her real-life experiences with teaching and counseling children with special needs and also of fiction books.[2]
Subjects covered in her books include autism, Tourette syndrome, sexual abuse, fetal alcohol syndrome, and elective mutism (now called selective mutism), her specialty.