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Working and Thinking Across the Spectrum: A Neurodiversity-Affirming Clinical Framework for Autism & ADHD

“Working and Thinking Across the Spectrum” is a clinician-focused training that critically examines how autism and ADHD are framed, diagnosed, and treated, and what it means to work in ways that do not replicate ableism.

This 63-minute recorded training video is designed for therapists, graduate students, and mental health professionals who want a neurodiversity-affirming framework for working with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and ADHD.

Rather than asking how to “treat” or “correct” neurodivergence, this training asks:

• What if the environment is the problem?

• What if masking is the injury?

• What if self-definition is the diagnostic criteria?

Drawing from clinical experience, queer theory, and lived experiences around neurodivergence, this training explores:

• The neurodiversity movement and the politics of diagnosis

• The autism industrial complex and the economics of intervention

• The harm and controversy surrounding ABA

• Masking, burnout, and dysregulation

• Sensory regulation as central clinical work

• The intersection of neurodiversity and queerness

• Why “high functioning” and “low functioning” language reinforces ableism

• Medication: real conversations, real pros and cons

• Reframing “deficits” as context-dependent differences

• Building intersubjective language instead of interrogative assessment

WHO THIS IS FOR

• Therapists and clinicians working with autistic or ADHD clients

• Clinicians questioning dominant behavioral models

• Queer-affirming practitioners

• Graduate students, interns, and therapy trainees shaping their clinical identity

• Practitioners who want to interrogate their own neurotypical assumptions

This training does not currently offer CE credits.