Autism Dialogue is an inclusive, safe and confidential space that brings together members of the autism community including autistic people, parents, carers, practitioners and academics. Within the space there is an attempt to reach a common understanding and to experience everyone’s point of view fully, equally and nonjudgmentally. The application of David Bohm’s Professional Dialogue methodology allows multiple perspectives to co-exist in the same space of enquiry. This met

One of my aims with Autism Dialogue is, by giving equal voice to all, to influence those in power to change for the better.

Dialogue in Extreme Business Stress Environments, September 25th 2019

In 2021 the Derby Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) hired our firm, Dialogic Action CIC to work with them to improve and develop their services for autism and neurodiverse communities. This case study describes and evaluates this piece of work; the study was co-produced by the stakeholders and participants in the project itself. CCG faced several problems: specifically, they noted that their different services were fragmented, leading to a lack of coherence. Waiting lists we

Autism is a lifelong developmental condition that mainly afects how people perceive their environment and how they interact with others. Autistic people experience the world differently to non-autistic people and it is often, but not always, debilitating. An autistic person may also have other conditions within the autism spectrum, learning disabilities and/or mental health issues, and may receive a diferent level or way of support from other autistic people. © Jonathan Drury