Available Services: Keynote, Panel, Speech, Pre-Recording

In-Person/Virtual Events: Either

Available to Speak In-Person with NO Travel Fees: Northern VA (Arlington, Falls Church, Reston, Vienna, McLean, Tysons, Alexandria), Maryland, Washington DC

Available to Speak In-Person WITH Travel Fees: Anywhere

Available Topics:

• Education & education reforms: Strengths-based approaches to learning, universal design, share personal experiences within BOTH public and private education and what worked - and what didn't

• Accommodations & accessibility in education: Neuro-inclusive classrooms (how to create them and why they are important)

• Employment & employment reforms: Strengths-based approaches to learning, universal design, share personal experiences within employment, both, as a jobseeker and an employee, share tips and tricks in employment, why neuro-inclusive employment is important and how to create a neuro-inclusive space FOR FREE, accommodations, how to create better interview and hiring processes, challenges in the application process (uninclusive job descriptions, interview challenges)

• Neurodiversity 101: Terminology, language, medical vs social model, neuro-inclusivity, neurodiversity umbrella, etc.

• Intersectionality: Personal experiences about being an Asian-born, Jewish neurodivergent adoptee and why intersectionality is important to consider in ANY aspect of neurodiversity

Biography: Ben VanHook is an Autistic & ADHD Master’s student at George Mason University, studying Public Policy with emphasis in Education Policy. He works as Community Support Coordinator at Organization for Autism Research.

Ben has extensive disability advocacy experience, and is a huge activist for education and employment reform as they relate to disability.

His advocacy experiences include speaking about universal design, strength-based approaches to learning, intersectionality, and hiring/recruitment strategies. He had the honour of speaking at the United Nations about disability policy, presented at the Global ADHD Summit, and at several colleges including Stanford and John Hopkins universities.

Socials Links:

• LinkedIn

Pronouns: he/him

Available Services: Keynote, Panel, Speech, Pre-Recording, Panel Moderator

In-Person/Virtual Events: Either

Available to Speak In-Person with NO Travel Fees: Northern California

Available to Speak In-Person WITH Travel Fees: Anywhere

Topics:

• Neurodiversity

• Autism

• Mental Health

• College Admission

• Disclosure

Biography: Eric Endlich, Ph.D., clinical psychologist and founder of Top College Consultants®, guides neurodivergent students through the college application process. Dr. Endlich has served on the Learning Differences/Neurodiversity and Diversity/Equity/Inclusion Committees of the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA), and was honored by IECA with a “Making a Difference” award for contributions such as a database of neurodiversity-friendly colleges. He co-manages a 15,000-member Facebook group, Parents of College Bound Students with Learning Disabilities, ADHD and ASD. Dr. Endlich co-teaches the UC Irvine continuing education course, Working with Students with Learning Differences. He is a Primary Researcher for a U.S. Dept. of Education-funded project to develop college readiness software for autistic high school students and Co-Investigator for an Institute of Education Sciences-funded study to enhance student-teacher relationships for autistic children. A national presenter and professional writer, Dr. Endlich has been interviewed by various media including Forbes, Money magazine, and U.S. News & World Report. He is also a neurodivergent parent and self-advocate.

Socials Links:

• LinkedIn

• Website

Pronouns: She/her

Available Services: Keynote, Panel, Speech, Pre-Recording, Training, Lunch & Learns, Workshops, Bootcamp, Retreats, 1:1 Sessions, Radio, Audio Recordings, Podcasts

In-Person/Virtual Events: Either

Available to Speak In-Person with NO Travel Fees: UK and Ireland

Available to Speak In-Person WITH Travel Fees: Europe - Outside UK & Ireland

Topics:

• Neurodiversity in the workplace

• Giving and receiving awesome feedback

• The New Rules of Engagement

• Get Your Message Across

• Delicious Diversity

• Conflict resolution and handling difficult conversations

• Neurodiversity in Training Design

• Marvelous Meeting

• Creating a neurodiversity policy

Required Accommodations (Virtual Events): None

Required Accommodations (In-Person Events): Access to a designated quiet room

Biography: Many organisations are unable to attract or are losing talented staff because they don’t have access to reasonable adjustments, accommodations and adaptations, and recruiting is expensive.

Sam Warner is a Neurodivergent Communication Specialist and uses her lived experience to work with leaders across multiple industries to improve their DEI policies to help them attract and retain talented Neurodivergent (Autistic, ADHD, Dyslexia, etc) employees. Organisations enjoy loyalty, diversity of thought, innovation and increased profits whilst spending less on recruitment due to attrition. Since 2008 she has delivered keynotes, workshops, training and coaching to clients such as Nokia, Ocado, The Royal Ballet School, Welsh Water, UCL, GirlGuiding, the NHS, KR, Acuris, Active8 and PebblePad to name a few.

Sam has an energetic delivery style that leaves the audience with engaging memories and inspiration. She has worked in multiple industries herself including, IT, Manufacturing, The NHS, The Police Service, and in many different roles, such as Project Manager, Quality, Governance & Risk Management. She is a Professional Speaker, a TEDx Speaker, TEDx Curator and Speaker Coach with 30+ years experience.

Socials Links:

• LinkedIn

• Website

Pronouns: he/him/his

Available Services: Keynote, Panel, Speech, Pre-Recording, Workshops

In-Person/Virtual Events: Either

Available to Speak In-Person with NO Travel Fees: Within 100 miles of Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Available to Speak In-Person WITH Travel Fees: Anywhere

Topics:

• Purpose

• Coaching

• Mindsets Eat Behavior for Lunch

• Mental Health

• Listening

• Speaking

• Inclusion

• Being a Better Human

• Service& Kindness

• Authenticity

• Growth & Gratitude

• Recruiting

• Culture

• Creativity & Invention

• Business

• Leadership

• Using Technology to Enable the Above

Biography: Mark Fister has interviewed almost 100 servant + transformational leaders, and can share that collective wisdom. He'll will help you build new skills, competencies, and mindsets!

We are only limited by the things that we allow to limit us.

The keys to the doors of success, productivity, fulfillment, and joy are already in our pocket. We just need someone to show us the locks and encourage us to open the doors.

Mark has key takeaways in technology, neurodiversity, and servant, transformational leadership. He will share wisdom and stories from people, books, videos, and his own life experiences to help you attune to and use those keys in your pocket.

Socials Links:

• LinkedIn

• Website

Pronouns: Autistic He/Him

Available Services:

• Keynote

• Panel

• Speech

• Pre-Recording

• Coaching

• Trainings in neuroinclusion and communication

In-Person/Virtual Events: Either

Available to Speak In-Person with NO Travel Fees: 100 miles from Denver, Colorado (USA)

Available to Speak In-Person WITH Travel Fees: Anywhere; Global

Topics:

• Neurodiversity in the workplace

• Neurodiversity as part of DEI

• Understanding neuroinclusive communication

• Understanding autistic adult life for parents with autistic children

Speaker Fees:

• Virtual: 1 hr presentation $6,000

• In-Person: $8,000 + travel expenses

• Open to free events depending on context (organizations / individuals can ask)

Biography:

Tim was diagnosed with Asperger’s-style autism at age 54. The diagnosis changed his life both personally and professionally. He has had multiple careers (which is not uncommon in the undiagnosed autistic!) starting with specialty retail in bicycling, skiing, and sporting goods that led to the wholesale world and creating national sales teams and international supply chains.

Tim is a serial entrepreneur in online and brick-and-mortar retail, product design and development, manufacturing, software, and an author. He joined the tech industry by becoming a Microsoft Certified System Engineer in the mid ‘90s. After sharpening his skills in a few positions, becoming a data specialist. and being let go a few times, Tim became an independent IT consultant where he was able to experience the workplace culture of many companies large and small. Tim is a technical trainer at Google where he is deeply involved in their neurodiversity efforts.

Tim is on the board of the Autism Society of America, a neurodiversity advisor to multiple companies, and named to the 50 Top Global Neurodiversity Evangelists 2023.

Tim is a professionally trained and experienced speaker and trainer in both in person and virtual formats. He frequently speaks to companies from small business to major global companies as well as non-profit organizations and academic settings. His style is relaxed, engaging, personal, and immediately actionable. He takes on engagements as a speaker, trainer, and consultant in neurodiversity and neuroinclusion.

Socials Links:

• LinkedIn

• Website

Pronouns: he/him

Available Services:

• Keynote

• Panel

• Speech

• Workshops

• Neuro-inclusion consulting

In-Person/Virtual Events: Either

Available to Speak In-Person with NO Travel Fees: San Diego, California, USA

Available to Speak In-Person WITH Travel Fees: Anywhere

Topics:

• Neurodiversity Overview: Learn about Neurodiversity, why it's essential, how it benefits the workplace, potential barriers, and why using an intersectional lens is intrinsic.

• Advancing Neuroinclusion in the Workplace: Learn about neuro-inclusive workplace best practices that can help reduce barriers, improve accountability, increase innovation, and advance culture. Using an intersectional lens, learn how to set measurable benchmarks and actionable strategies to help identify and address areas to actively work on improving neuroinclusion.

• Advancing Management Skills Using a Neuro-inclusive and Person-Centered Lens: Learn implementable neuro-inclusive and person-centered management best practices that can benefit employees even if they are not neurodiverse.

• Recruiting, Hiring, and Onboarding Best Practices: Learn the everyday barriers created within the hiring process and how to work towards reducing them.

• Why Disability Isn't a Bad Word: The social vs. medical model of Disability and what it means for the workplace.

• My Unfiltered Experience as Someone Who is ADHD and Dyslexic and How I Navigated the Workspace: What was helpful and unhelpful, the good, the bad, the supportive and the toxic.

• Improving Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Within the Accommodation Process: Understanding common barriers and disparities within the accommodation process and best practices to work towards reducing them.

• Accommodations: Common accommodations and ways to introduce them into the workplace.

• Building Effective Affinity Group(s): Learn how to build neurodiversity/disability affinity group(s).

The strategies and methods discussed combined lived experience and academic research. Reach out if you have topics (s) you want covered that aren't listed or want combined.

Required Accommodations (Virtual Events): None

Required Accommodations (In-Person Events): None

Biography: Michael (he/him/his) is ADHD and Dyslexic with other language-based learning disabilities. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Marymount Manhattan College.

Recently, Michael joined Neurodiversity Alliance as their national organizer, where he works with high school and college students to spread awareness about neurodiversity, engage in disability justice advocacy, and mobilize for change. He has worked as a neuroinclusion consultant, applying both research and lived experience, he developed and led trainings for employees at all levels of an organization.

Michael has worked on electoral, candidate, and issue-based campaigns across the country. Throughout his political experience, he managed and trained managers and staff and has led campaign-wide workshops. His most recent political experience was as a Deputy Organizing Director with the Colorado Democratic Party's Coordinated Campaign during the 2022 midterm elections. During that campaign, he led two separate neuroinclusion trainings, with distinct sessions for managers and staff, enhancing organizational understanding and support for neurodiversity.

Socials Links:

• LinkedIn