Speaking & Training

We build spaces where Autistic culture, knowledge, and clinical skill meet in conversation.

Some trainings we offer together, and others we lead individually, depending on the topic, audience, and format.

What stays consistent is the orientation: Autistic-centered, neuro-affirming, and grounded in lived experience.

Our work focuses on clarity, cultural accuracy, and real-world usefulness. We don’t teach from abstraction. We teach through dialogue, story, and example—showing what Autistic life actually sounds like when you listen from within it.

How We Present

Co-presented (Erin & Matt / Matt & Erin)

We co-present trainings focused on Autistic culture, Autistic-centered therapy, attunement and misattunement, and the systems that shape Autistic life across healthcare, education, families, and workplaces.

Individually led

Some trainings are led by one of us, based on specialty area and audience.

The goal stays the same: accuracy, accessibility, and practical care rooted in lived experience.

Topics We Teach Together

These themes connect directly to the systemic conditions we explore throughout our work and on the Systems That Shape Autistic Life page.

  • Autistic-centered therapy (Autistic life as culture, not pathology)

  • Neuro-affirming practice that supports authenticity rather than masking

  • Attunement, misattunement, and repair in mixed-neurotype relationships and systems

  • Double empathy, communication, and power—what gets mislabeled as “skills deficits”

  • Autistic burnout, nervous system load, and the cost of “functioning”

  • Disability realities, access needs, and how systems gatekeep credibility and care

  • Clinical harm and compliance frameworks—what causes injury and what repair can look like

  • Ethical language and cultural accuracy in professional settings

Erin’s Specialty Areas

Erin works with Autistic adults and mixed-neurotype couples, focusing on developmental trauma and attachment.

Her teaching connects Autistic nervous system realities to relational safety and repair, showing how trauma-informed care becomes meaningful when it’s culturally accurate.

  • Developmental trauma through a neurodivergent lens

  • Attachment, relational safety, and mixed-neurotype dynamics

  • Neurodiversity-affirming clinical practice that names disability without pathologizing

Brainspotting for neurodivergent clients and systems

Matt’s Specialty Areas

Matt focuses on assessment, identity development, and work with children, adolescents, and young adults.

His trainings center on how Autistic identity develops, how systems misread it, and how to intervene without harm.

  • Neuro-affirming assessment and reducing diagnostic bias

  • Autistic identity development across childhood and young adulthood

  • Supporting Autistic youth without compliance-based frameworks

Navigating education, healthcare, and family systems

Formats

We offer sessions in formats that fit your setting:

  • Keynotes

  • Conference sessions (60–90 minutes)

  • Half-day and full-day trainings

  • Clinical consultation groups

  • Panels, podcasts, and media conversations

We adjust pacing, structure, and examples to fit the audience—clinicians, educators, leadership teams, or community groups—while keeping the content intact.

Accessibility

Accessibility is built into every stage of this work.

We present with clear structure, predictable pacing, and concrete language. Materials can be shared in advance, captioning or transcripts supported, and delivery adjusted to reduce unnecessary cognitive load.

We structure pacing and delivery to support sensory and cognitive ease—for both presenters and participants.

If you have access needs, tell us up front. We take them seriously and plan for them as part of the design, not as an exception.

Inquiries

If you’d like to bring this conversation to your community, reach out.

We’ll meet you where you are and start from what’s real.

We’ll work with you to shape what best fits your group’s goals, pace, and learning style.

When you contact us, please include:

  • Audience type and size

  • Setting (conference, organization, school, clinical team, or community event)

  • Preferred format and length

  • Topic or area of interest

  • Whether you’re seeking a co-presented or individually led session

Speaking & Training Requests:
speaking@autisticvoiceproject.com

Consulting and clinical inquiries:
Please contact us through our individual practice websites.