Tanya Spiers is an autistic trainer currently delivering the National Autism Training programme to Mental Health professionals within the NHS. She is also a Specialist Family Support worker who works with families that have autistic young people up to the age of 25 from a diverse population. Tanya has been delivering (and managing staff to deliver) autism training and coaching for over ten years to a wide range of different professionals and settings. She also has three autistic teenage boys of her own with very different strengths and needs; one of whom has a PDA profile.