“Sandra Thom-Jones is a valued and popular contributor to the Yellow Ladybugs programme of autistic-led webinars. Her input combines her research and creative expertise with her lived experience insights as an autistic woman. We always welcome the opportunity to work with Sandra in delivering informed and neuro-affirming content.”

"Sandra developed and presented an informative session on supporting our autistic community as they age. We know that our older autistic community are underrepresented in both the literature and service access, so it was extremely beneficial to learn more from Sandra. We had 59 attendees, all from a variety of aged care, health, and social services backgrounds. The session was tailored to make it relevant for all of us. I personally have walked away with a lot more knowledge, tips, and inspiration!"

Shannon Norbury, OPAN

"My experiences with Professor Thom-Jones evidence that she is a naturally inquisitive, innovative, generous and determined researcher, with a deep commitment to ethics and integrity in research. Among Professor Thom-Jones’ remarkable strengths are her great capacity to write, adapt evaluation tools to be Autistic-friendly, explain complex research rules and champion the confidence and skills of others. Having observed her strong management skills, I know that Professor Thom-Jones naturally builds the capacity and leadership of people she works with."

Chris Varney, I CAN Network

• Great presentation Sandra, thank you!

• Thanks Sandra, great to learn about your work.

• Thank you Sandra, I found this very informative and appreciate you sharing the slides.

• Really valuable presentation - thanks so much, we will change the aged care sector one step at a time with this information, and listening to Autistic People.

• Fantastic, thank you Sandra. Great information & Love the doll pictures <3

• Thank you very much. We enjoyed your presentation (and the pictures!) and have learned useful information :)

• Thanks so much this has been very interesting would love to read more of your information.

• A privilege to hear your perspective Sandra!

OPAN Presentation Attendees

• That was wonderful! A great opportunity to reflect on our own practices towards a more inclusive education system.

• What an awesome session and presenter!

• Thank you Sandra, this was a fantastic and informative session

• Thank you sandra, really informative.

• You are amazing Sandra!  Thankyou so much for providing your insights.

• Huge thankyou :)

• Thanks Sandra, so affirming and inspiring.

Melbourne Polytechnic Workshop Attendees

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