If you're here, you've probably sensed a problem with how the world treats autism and ADHD.
Maybe your child melts down every day before school, and everyone says that’s “normal”,
but you know something’s not right.
Maybe you’re certain your students with ADHD have plenty of knowledge to offer,
but their assignments just aren’t showing it.
Maybe you’re autistic yourself—and chronically overwhelmed, because a lifetime of invalidation taught you nothing about how to recognize and attend to your needs.
Thank you for your care. Trust your intuition.
Take a deep breath: you’re on the right track and in the right place.
Hi! I’m Sheridan, and I support individuals and professionals in understanding, embracing, and supporting autism and ADHD. Trusting in your compassion and intellect, and drawing from my years of research, hands-on work, and lived experience, I offer a helping hand through the complicated (and totally worth it) world of neurodiversity. Together, we’ll sort through misinformation about autism, ADHD, and disability; explore what’s not working; and collaboratively develop a personalized plan of support.
In short, I help you understand, affirm, and connect to your autistic students, clients, loved ones, or self.
Underdog story incoming: I get it because I’ve been there.
It sounds cliché, but I always felt like the square peg people tried to cram into a round hole. “Gifted” but “troubled”, “ahead” of my peers in some areas and “behind” in others, and deeply overwhelmed by a school system that wasn’t right for me, I couldn’t tick the boxes of a standardized life. My attempts to be “normal” were desperate, exhaustive, and sometimes convincing… but ultimately unsuccessful. Chronically ill from stress and feeling increasingly alienated, I bounced between schools, therapists, and dead-end jobs, and by age 18, I was kicked out of high school by educators who saw stubbornness rather than struggle.
Sound familiar? Keep reading.
Neurodivergent stories don’t need to end like that.
After the expulsion, I rebuilt my life—for me this time. Designing an approach to skill-building that worked with my autistic/ADHD neurology rather than against it, and accessing care only from professionals who did the same, I completed university and landed some seriously autism and ADHD-friendly jobs. More importantly, I built confidence, developed lasting relationships, and leaned away from masking and into self-advocacy. And most importantly, my parents and I—after years of their loving intentions getting lost in a sea of advice that just plain didn’t work—began to heal as individuals and as a family.
I didn’t “fix” my differences. I let them take the lead—and every neurodivergent person deserves to say the same.
I’m not going to sit here and claim life is perfect. I’m a disabled person in an ableist world, y’all. But in the years since choosing radical acceptance, I’ve written accessibility policies, co-developed and co-facilitated workshops and research projects, created professional development materials used in schools and learning centres, and consulted with truly caring people who just needed a little help bringing autistic affirmation into their daily lives.
Let’s get started!
My work with clients is approachable, informal, non-hierarchical, and authentically autistic. I’m queer-friendly, aim to be anti-oppressive, and have been known to drop a friendly f-bomb. I bring my whole self to work—quirks, geeky interests, and all—and I invite my clients to do the same.just
“I don’t want to turn an autistic person into a non-autistic person.
I want to turn an autistic person who struggles
into an autistic person who doesn’t struggle.”
– Chris Bonnello, Autistic Not Weird
Who I’ve Worked With
