Lost and Now Found

This book is the perfect crash course in autism for newly diagnosed autistic adults. Not only does it give a brilliant overview of autism’s many facets, but it also shares multiple supportive strategies to improve daily life and increase self-compassion. – Niamh Garvey, author of “Looking After Your Autistic Self; A Personalised Self-Care Approach to Managing your Sensory and Emotional Well-Being” and “Being Autistic (and what that actually means)”Lost and Now Found is a warm welcome to the community for those discovering they are autistic as adults. If you want to understand what it means to be autistic, this is the best place to start. – Joe Wells, Comedian and Writer

Kate Laine-Toner is an autistic trainer, speaker and author. She is also mother to an amazing neurodivergent child. In 2012, Kate founded the parent support charity Bristol Autism Support, and over the following 10 years supported over 3,000 parents and carers on their autism journey. In 2022 she was given a British Citizen Award for her services to the autism parenting community, and in January 2023 she received the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service on behalf of the charity. She left the charity in 2022 and now delivers training on a wide range of autism topics for parents and carers, and provides training on autism and neurodiversity for corporate, charity, medical and public attraction settings. Her book Where Do I Start? How to navigate the emotional journey of autism parenting published in 2023.

Suzi Payton is a 49-year-old multi-talented, neurodivergent queer woman who lives in Brighton with her wife and rescue dog. An avid interest in personal development led her to study all humans as well as herself from a very young age. Since learning she was autistic and ADHD plus Tourette’s and OCD, she has pursued an informal the study of autism and ADHD as a ‘special interest’ and is on a mission to help make the world a better place for ND folks through coaching, speaking and comedy skills.