Partnerships
Almost everything I do grows out of relationships. I am grateful to work alongside Autistic-led organisations, charities, researchers, educators and creative communities who share a commitment to neuro-affirming, rights-based support. This page gathers the partnerships behind my training, writing, speaking and community work, so you can find the people and organisations I trust and recommend.
🔥 Community Spaces I Facilitate
Holding space for others to share is just as important to me as speaking. I have facilitated and co-organised:
- NeuroHub Autistic Mental Health Conference 2025 (16 Aug 2025, Brighton and online) and 2026 (14 to 16 Aug 2026, Ecosystemic Causes of Mental Health Issues)
- Autistic Pride Day session with David Gray-Hammond and Ryan Boren (Stimpunks), 18 Jun 2026
- GROVE webinars for parents (Jun 2025) and for teachers and professionals (Sep 2025), with Jess Garner
- Thriving Autistic family workshops, held monthly since 2023: post-identification support for parents and carers of Autistic children and young people (lead facilitator)
- Thriving Autistic monthly meet-ups, leading the parent and carer room since 2025
- Thriving Autistic Discovery Programme: two years facilitating workshops for late-identified Autistic adults
- Stimpunks weekly Solidarity sessions and Campfire Learn Together, our Sunday watch, move and discuss gatherings
- NeuroHub Community reading group on Nick Walker’s Neuroqueer Heresies (2026, lead facilitator)
- Gather and Write, weekly creative writing and body doubling sessions with Writing The Dawn (lead facilitator)
- Autscape online events (2024 and 2025), as a volunteer facilitator and Discord moderator
- Emergent Divergence webinars with David Gray-Hammond (Jan to Apr 2025)
- Explore Neuroqueer Learning Spaces with Dr Nick Walker, hosted by David Gray-Hammond, 6 May 2024
🤝 Organisations I Work With
- Thriving Autistic (Ireland): Communications and Community Lead, Discovery Programme facilitator, family workshop lead, and project manager for our award-winning animations
- Stimpunks Foundation: Co-Creative Director, including the Map of Monotropic Experiences, Neuroqueer Learning Spaces, Cavendish Space, and weekly Solidarity and Campfire sessions
- NeuroHub Community and Emergent Divergence: Co-Director and Community Facilitator with David Gray-Hammond, including the Autistic Mental Health Conference and Re-Storying Autism
- GROVE: Education, Training and Resource Specialist, co-presenting with Jess Garner
- Monotropism.org: content researcher and resource creator with Fergus Murray
- Spectrum Gaming, Barriers to Education and Autism Understood: team member (2023 to 2025), consultant and co-author
- PANS PANDAS UK: Education Steering Committee and founder of the Neurodivergent PANS/PANDAS Working Party
- Muiríosa Foundation (Ireland): Project Penguin, supporting people with profound and multiple learning disabilities
- Weird Pride Day: committee member, alongside Fergus Murray
- NINE (Neurodivergent Infinity Network of Educators): Autistic Realms is a listed community partner of this Canadian network of neurodivergent educators
- The PDA Space: Summit speaker and commissioned resource creator (2023 to 2024)
- Autscape: volunteer facilitator and Discord moderator for online events
- Writing The Dawn: Creative Community Lead with Barb Melville, leading Gather and Write
- Diverse Pathways Collective: collective member with Kerry Murphy
🎓 Research Partners
- King’s College London: Monotropism advisory group, led by Bronagh McCoy
- University of Birmingham: ASPbelong (Kate Woodcock Research Group) and the visual comfort study steering group (Dr Cathy Manning)
- York St John University: Building Neurodivergent Cultures of Regulation, with Amy Skinner and Kay Aldred
- University of Manchester and NHS: CO-ASSIST OCD research project, parent advisory group
- Professor Melanie Nind, University of Southampton: consultation on an upcoming project supporting people with profound and multiple learning disabilities (2025)
- Birmingham Newman University, University of Wolverhampton and London Metropolitan University: guest and visiting lecturer
🎙️ Events and Speaking Partners
Yellow Ladybugs, The Speech Den, Discover Inclusion, Neurokindred, Autism Early Support’s Parent Portal, The Nurturing Neurodivergence Programme, Viv Dawes and the Autistic Burnout Network, London Autism Group, Autistic Parents UK, Laura Hellfeld and Autistically Scott. You can find every talk on Talks & Conferences.
📚 Writing, Resources and Community Friends
Twinkl, Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism, Special Needs Jungle, Jade Farrington, NeuroBears, The Sensory Projects, Story Massage, Rhyming Multisensory Stories, NeuroStory Collective, Aurora Autistic Consulting, The Unadapted Ones, the Neurodivergent Infinity Network of Educators, Every Child Matters, Beacon NeuroConnect, Autistic Collaboration, Autistic Living the Dream, Weird Pride and ND Hums Pathways.
Read more about my work on Consultancy, Writing & Resources and Talks & Conferences. If you would like to work together, please get in touch.
