We train from lived experience
At Neurodiverse Training, our team is neurodivergent. We have navigated the same systems, barriers, and misunderstandings we train others to recognise. That is what makes what we do different.
Who We Are
Neurodiverse Training is a neurodiversity training organisation founded and led by neurodivergent people. We deliver training to healthcare professionals, employers, schools, and organisations - helping them understand, include, and better support neurodivergent people.
Our work is grounded in lived experience, not theory. Our trainers have navigated the same systems, barriers, and misunderstandings we train others to recognise.
Our Values
Every value we hold exists because it solves a real problem - for the neurodivergent people we serve, and for the organisations that work with us.
We give first - so you can see what we are worth before you spend a penny.
We genuinely want neurodivergent people to have better lives and managers to feel confident supporting their teams. So we give real value before you commit - free resources, free webinar access for those who are unemployed, and honest advice on calls even if it means not hiring us. We earn trust by giving value first.
You get training that actually lands - from lived experience.
Most neurodiversity training is delivered by people who have read about it. Ours is delivered by people who have lived it - in the NHS, in social care, in education. That means the strategies we teach are ones we have actually used. Your staff leave with insight that sticks, not theory they forget by Friday.
You get the truth about what you actually need, delivered with sincere candour.
We will not sell you a programme you do not need. If a different approach would serve you better, we say so. If something in your organisation is the real problem, we name it. Honest feedback, delivered with care, is more useful than a polished pitch - and it is what gets you the result you came for.
You can trust what we say and how we show up - our unimpeachable character.
We talk from evidence. We do what we say we will do. We show up prepared, professional, and consistent - because we take the trust the neurodivergent community places in us seriously, and we carry that with pride. Our reputation is built on doing the right thing, every time, whether anyone is watching or not.
Our Mission. Our Values. Our Model.
Neurodivergent people deserve to live independently, do work we enjoy, and never be defined by what others think we cannot do.
We train people, workplaces, health professionals, and families to make that possible - not through ongoing support but through real understanding that changes how people think and act permanently.
We Give Value First
We start with the people who need it most and give. Free resources, information, content, and tickets - before anyone spends a penny.
The Strategies Work
Real strategies delivered with honest candour - useful the next day, not forgotten by Friday. That changes things for the people around them.
Results Create Advocates
Impactful strategies that work because they come from lived experience. The people we train recommend us to colleagues and leadership.
Organisations Bring Us In
Our character has already been proven. That trust means organisations book us. Real impact, real change, and funds to give more.
Our Founder
Loren runs Neurodiverse Training and manages most of our projects. He is also an Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training Lead Trainer with a career spanning over a decade supporting organisations like Mencap, The National Autistic Society, NDTi, The Diversity Trust, and many more.
He has worked for the NHS in crisis prevention services, diagnostic services, and training. In family support services delivering post-diagnostic classes and on phone support to tens of thousands of parents and carers. And in coordinating cross country and national projects for the NHS and local authorities.
As a person with neurodivergence himself, his work is personal. He has dedicated his career to transforming workplaces into environments where people like us can thrive. Real change comes not just from understanding neurodiversity, but from embracing it as a strength. View profile
Meet our team
A team of trainers, coordinators, and advocates - all with lived experience of neurodiversity. Hover over a card to read more.
This means I spend my time doing all sorts, from supporting our trainers to enquiries, but also more creative tasks like making new training materials!
My working background is in training and management. Outside of Neurodiverse Training I study a psychology degree part time, run a community social group for AuDHD women, and spend time with my cat Oaty.
So it'll usually be me responding to you!
I support with data entry, resource creation, events, certification, and all day-to-day admin so everything runs smoothly behind the scenes.
I have worked as a tour guide, bookseller and a freelance writer and now a trainer!
After my own journey with ADHD and neurodiversity, I have developed a passion for identifying good resources, support and information on all things neurodiversity and want to help others navigate their own experiences.
I use my experience as a tool to help participants connect with the material. I also help out with administrative support so very occasionally you may receive an email from me.
I'm also one of our Experts by Experience on The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training.
Outside of my work with NDT I spend my time organising cultural and political education events in Bristol, live music and tabletop gaming.
If we ever meet be careful about asking me about it, because I will download on the subject!
I have taught thousands of NHS staff, parents and individuals, basically anyone who can't outrun me. I also do sensory evaluations of care facilities and have worked as a 1-2-1 peer supporter and TA in an autism specific school.
I excel in designing and delivering training programs that promote accessibility and inclusivity.
As an Oliver McGowan Autism Co-Trainer, I bring lived experience to enhance understanding and empathy in training sessions.
In my free time, I enjoy playing tennis, cooking and being by the seaside.
As an approved Oliver McGowan Trainer, I use my 'expert by experience' knowledge and voice to advocate and educate for a kinder more inclusive future.
Outside of training, I run my wedding photography business and write poetry. My proudest moment last year was launching Somerset Libraries' new Neurodiversity Book Collection as a guest speaker.
I have been involved in SEN Parent support since 2018 and have been delivering autism training sessions since 2021. I use my lived experience to support others.
I also run The Autism Page website which has a focus on understanding autism in young children and communication differences.
I now work as a Wrap-Around-Coordinator supporting parents/carers of autistic individuals and as a trainer. I am AuDHD and have two autistic children.
I'm passionate about supporting parents and carers to enable them to feel less isolated and to better understand and support their autistic children.
I have a labradoodle called Otis and love walking him in the woods.
Before my AuDHD diagnosis, I was a full-time Bid Writer within the corporate worlds of infrastructure/construction and health and social care.
2 years later and I've shaped a self-employed career that enables me to support myself and people like me. I also work as a consultant for all things neurodivergent and provide 1:1 support for Autistic and ADHD university students as a Specialist Mentor.
She has several years of experience working with neurodivergent children across home visits, clinics and holiday clubs.
She has lived experience growing up supporting a sibling with learning disabilities, and is herself a parent of two children with SEN including autism and ADHD.
Beth initially qualified as a solicitor before moving into roles with children and adults with disabilities and in mental health. She holds an MSc in Psychology from Newman University Birmingham. After working as an OT in a paediatric private practice in Essex, she founded Gentle Steps Occupational Therapy in 2025.
Occupational Therapy in 2025. She is currently studying for a Post-Graduate Certificate in Autism at Sheffield Hallam University and will begin Sensory Integration Practitioner Training later in 2026.
She has worked in a range of roles supporting families of autistic children and adults, both in schools and in the community - including as a Wraparound Coordinator for NHS Autism Central, where she supported families of neurodivergent children by phone, and as a Trainer and Peer Support worker for Bristol Autism Support. She has also delivered training to schools and at conferences as part of local authority PINS projects.
Outside of her professional roles, Saira is a late-diagnosed AuDHD parent of two autistic teenagers, both with co-occurring conditions. That blend of frontline experience and parental reality gives her a perspective that is both grounded and genuine.
Saira's specialist interest is the autistic experience of the menopause, and she delivers our dedicated session on this topic. She also brings her full range of lived and professional experience to all training and support sessions she delivers.
Outside of work, Saira loves to sew, read and spend time with the family dog.
She is herself on the pathway for an autism and ADHD assessment, and her youngest son is late-diagnosed autistic with ADHD and co-occurring conditions.
Professionally, Melissa has worked for NHS Autism Central as a Wraparound Coordinator, providing telephone support to families of neurodivergent children who are struggling - offering a consistent, compassionate point of contact during difficult times. She has also worked for Bristol Autism Support as a trainer and peer support worker, delivering online information sessions and 1-1 telephone support for parents and carers, as well as delivering training to schools and local authorities as part of PINS projects.
Outside of work, Melissa loves spending time with her family and her bouncy Cocker Spaniel, Pippin - walking, watching films, or just chilling.
Growing up undiagnosed, mainstream education was not designed for them, and they were homeschooled for much of their education. From a young age they have had experience of both private and NHS-provided therapy and support, which shapes how they think about the systems that are meant to help young people.
Perseus is new to the NDT team and delivers the session on mental health and autistic young people - a session he has delivered to several hundred social care staff over the past year. For him, the most important thing is that nobody feels they do not belong or do not deserve to be themselves. Educating adults and professionals is the most powerful way to make that a reality.
Outside of work, Perseus spends his time reading, writing, and volunteering at Oxfam Books and Music. He has aspired to be an author since childhood - he would love to write books that give other young neurodivergent and LGBTQ+ people the same sense of belonging that helped him feel safe and represented.
As someone with lived experience of autism and dyspraxia, she brings an authentic perspective to every session she delivers.
Outside of her training work, Megan is a personal trainer through Kitsune Personal Training, covering the Derby area and online. Her aim is to make fitness spaces more accessible to neurodivergent and LGBTQ+ people - a passion that runs through everything she does.
When she is not training or delivering sessions, Megan enjoys powerlifting, cosplay, and tabletop and computer gaming.
Her career spans local and national charities as well as social services, and she is also a parent carer to two multiply neurodivergent teenagers.
Over the past 16 years, Amy has trained health, education and social care staff, as well as businesses, on best practice for supporting neurodivergent people - always taking a neurodiversity-affirming approach. She has been a Wraparound Coordinator for NHS Autism Central, supporting families on the phone, as well as a trainer for Bristol Autism Support, where she has trained and supported thousands of families of neurodivergent children.
Driven by a passion for co-production and lived experience-led work, Remie is dedicated to reducing health inequalities for neurodivergent people. Her areas of focus include accessible communication, the overlap between neurodivergence and eating disorders, and advocating for meaningful reasonable adjustments across workplaces and healthcare settings.
Outside the training room, Remie enjoys spending time with family, searching for kingfishers, building LEGO, and rescuing hamsters.
Accreditations & Registrations
Disability Confident Committed
Champion for The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training
Quality Assured
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