Sam Warner

Artist, Blogger, Buddhist, Business adviser, Business leader, Business mentor, Change Agent, Consultant, Educator/Teacher, Event planner, Filmmaker, Foodie, Musician, Performer, Photographer, Project manager

Sam has been helping people to communicate since 2008. Sam trains, coaches and mentors by applying her BA(Hons) in Business Management, sharing her knowledge gained since 2010 in public speaking in Toastmasters International and drawing on her 20+ years experience working for various companies in different roles. She uses her broad knowledge to help a variety of people from different backgrounds and is also known for her communication and behaviours translation work with Autistic adults and their friends and families. Sam undertakes soft skills training sessions with both individuals and groups or teams and has a wealth of experience in this field. She also coaches success-minded individuals who want to make positive and lasting changes to their lives. Something special she offers is her accountability service. Her clients include high-flying execs, school children, charities, corporates and entrepreneurs; anyone who wants to make personal improvements. Lately Sam has been teaching children at several local schools how to speak in public, continues to undertake her own personal development and is writing a book on how to help those without Autism live and work with those who have. Sam's also helped several entrepreneurs to get their message across on video and shake off those fears for good. She has her own blog and regularly guest blogs for other professionals on cross-over topics.

Changing the way we educate all children of all abilities all over the world to adapt to the child's educational needs, not try to adapt the child to an outdated education system that was written to train compliant factory workers. How can we move away from ABA to try to make neuro-diverse children conform to societies desired behaviours? How can we be more inclusive, supportive and pro-active about educating neuro-typical people so they are able to integrate with neuro-diverse people easily.

85% of all diagnosed autistic adults are out of work, marginalised, sidelined and ignored, never mind the thousands of undiagnosed autistic adults int he same situation. If we don't change the way we educate teachers, children, parents, managers and co-workers on autism - this will never change - but it will get worse. Neuro-typicals who are traditionally outspoken and activists have shaped a world of conformity. If you don't fit in - you're out. e.g. Interviewers still start every interview with "Tell me about yourself" an autistic worst nightmare. (Where do you want me to start - what level of detail do you need, do you want to start from my birth, or just talk about my working life - do I include personal information?) Or "I've read your CV, tell me about it...." (Well then you haven't read it then, have you or does this mean you think I'm lying and you're trying to catch me out or you're testing my memory, or something else? I'd like to challenge how we educate everyone to work together in tolerance, and how we can change the way we educate children to adapt to their learning needs. That would include not forcing kids to take subjects they cannot do/don't want to do. Imaging allowing kids to try everything out and then concentrating on what they are good at! We would be helping them to become specialists. Employable people.

Aspergers, Autism, Communication, Education, Leadership

I hope to experience TEDx first hand either as an organiser or as a speaker, and one after the other.

Gardening, cooking, craft, painting & decorating, haberdashery, playing music, singing, dancing, speaking in public, planning and organising, facilitating, listening, telling stories, and sculpture, photography and drawing and painting.