Sophie Longley
Specialisms: Autism, Autistic in the workplace, Neurodivergent Mentoring, Autistic in academia, Late-diagnosed Autistic Women
Sophie is a careers mentor for late diagnosed/identified autistic women, autism researcher and neurodiversity consultant.
She was diagnosed as autistic at aged 28, which helped her to piece together her past and understand why she struggled with finding a career that plays to her neurodivergent strengths.
At aged 32, she set up her on business to help autistic women find a career that works with, not against their neurotype. So far, she has mentored autistic adults through challenging career pivots, explore their workplace values and build up their confidence to advocate for their workplace needs.
She is also an autism researcher and conducted her first piece of research at the University of Sussex on the post-diagnostic experiences of autistic women diagnosed in mid-late adulthood.
She has also worked on research relating to autistic stereotypes, and the healthcare experiences of autistic adults.
Sophie has delivered talks on neurodiversity in the workplace to the NHS, technology companies and Universities and provides consultancy to academics about centring autistic voices in autism research.
