Autentic autism consultancy and training

Aûtentic philosophy

We believe that the voices of autistic people should shape and lead services and best practice approaches to ensuring that autistic people can thrive in all aspects of life. We are experts in autism-affirming change and support organisations and individuals, by providing training, resources and consultancy, so that autistic people can thrive in their environments and interactions.

Catherine Leggett

Catherine has a background in engineering and self-recognised as autistic in 2002. They began their autism career in 2014 with The National Autistic Society, delivering employability courses and providing 1:1 workplace support for autistic employees before specialising in Employment consultancy and training. Catherine was diagnosed as autistic in 2015, and since 2021 has been designing and delivering training and resources for parents and carers, healthcare and mental health professionals and NHS Mental Health Trusts, Careers Professionals and the Autism Education Trust.

Catherine regularly reaches out to the autistic community for their voice in Catherine's work, balancing their own lived experience of being autistic, as an autism professional, and the parent to a 24 year old autistic person.