A lifelong educator who did not learn she is autistic until age 47, Lara Schaeffer innovated Guided Self-Assessment to screen for autism in adults, allowing many who are autistic but previously unidentified to gain crucial understanding about their neurotype, how they experience and react to the world, and how they interact with others. Working with her, they can explore their relationship to autism in a thorough but efficient and economical way relative to official evaluation and assessment. An educator both in training and at heart, Lara has created a process which is both supportive and affirming.

(learn more: www.autism-discovery.com)

Lara is the creator and developer of Uncovering Autism, a free video series designed and self-paced course for EVERYONE aged 12 through adult, including:

✔️ people who suspect that they might be autistic
✔️ non-autistic people, to learn to be better allies
✔️ autistic people to gain language to help others understand them and their autism better

The course is offered as a series of 18 videos (most just five minutes or under) on the YouTube channel @LaraSchaeffer

Autistic Insights (twenty posts) is Lara's post series focusing on single elements of the autistic experience at a time, to inform and educate non-autistics and to affirm and support autistic people. Search #AutisticInsights here on LinkedIn, or browse through past posts on this Autism Discovery page.

In addition to bringing forth these advancements to the autism arena, Lara mentors late-identified autistic individuals from adolescence to all ages of adulthood. 

As well, Lara works with companies, employers, friends, and family members of autistic individuals and provides information about autism to all types of groups and constituencies. Lara is an active and enthusiastic public speaker. 

Reach out to Autism Discovery to learn more--no matter what your neurotype!

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