We deliver the Living Autism CPD accredited neurodiversity training packages as well as bespoke workshops tailored to an organisation's or services' needs.
Our training courses and workshops are suitable for families and professionals alike. We deliver sessions to the education, health, social care and voluntary sectors, as well as tourist venues, professional services and industry.
Our most popular workshops are listed below; however, please do ask if you are looking for more tailored workshops.
Neurodiversity courses
CPD accredited
A list of the Living Autism CPD accredited courses is provided below. For more information on the content of each course please click below for more information.
An Introduction to Neurodiversity
Autism Inclusive Badge
The Autism Inclusive Badge is an award offered by Living Autism since 2018 and now run through the Manar Matusiak Consultancy.
The badge was endorsed by City of York Council, Living Autism, TEWV Mental Health Foundation Trust and York St John University.
Learners who have completed the Autism Champions course and have fulfilled certain criteria can apply for the Badge. For more information please click on the button below.
Trainers and facilitators
Manar Matusiak
Manar has over 25 years’ experience at director level in the specialist care and education sector, in particular in the field of autism and neurodiversity. Manar helped to set up and develop the first transitional residential service in the country for young autistic adults with complex needs. Her background is in teaching and management.
Manar led Living Autism Ltd as Managing Director for 15 years during which time she authored and delivered CPD accredited training packages in Autism Awareness, Autism Champions, ADHD, Neurodiversity and Learning Disabilities. She continues to deliver the Living Autism training, in particular to health, social care, higher education, tourism and industry nationally and internationally.
Chloe Haines
I am a Psychotherapist working with children and adults with a range of complex challenges and to do this I use a number of modalities including, dramatherapy, psychoeducation, talking therapy and EMDR. My role as a therapist is to enable the people I am working with to realise that they are the expert in their own situation, and that using our skills together they are able to develop a way forward. I work a lot with adults and young people with neurodiversity, supporting them to find their identities alongside a diagnosis.
I am a Living Autism licensed trainer and have delivered training within various organisations I have worked for, including a women's support group and a children's bereavement service. I am able to draw upon my experiences as a therapist to explain nuances and complexities of autism and neurodiversity. I have also helped organisations achieve the Autism Inclusive Award once the teams had received autism awareness training.
Ian McRae
As a fully qualified teacher, Ian has over 12 years experience in the education sector. He has delivered workshops and training sessions in schools and corporate settings.
Ian is passionate and highly informed about neurodiversity. He is proudly neurodivergent himself, being both autistic and ADHD, and brings his extensive lived experience to bear in all of the training he delivers.
Dr Jonathan Vincent
Jonathan is a lecturer in Higher Education at Lancaster University. He has an international profile and published several papers in leading autism journals and has spoken at various conferences around the world. For the best part of the last decade he has worked with autistic university students and graduates, with a particular focus on transitions and employment.
Jonathan is an experienced trainer and has delivered interactive workshops on inclusive recruitment to professionals from health, education, banking, and government departments, including the Ministry of Justice. His training is always informed by autistic experts-by-experience and evidence-based.