Joe Fautley
Nominee Profile
Location: Surbiton
Joe Fautley is an Autistic and neurodivergent advocate with over 10 years of experience in a variety of personal lived experience advocacy and professional training work for Autism, neurodiversity and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
Joe is passionate about using his voice and lived experiences to be a positive role model and help inspire and support others. For example, he uses his platform on LinkedIn with over 2,000 connections and followers to share his personal experiences and help spread awareness, acceptance and understanding of Autism and neurodiversity across the wider SEND and education community.
Joe is a relentless and determined advocate for positive change and engages regularly with professional networks across the SEND community. Joe has delivered many presentations to various audiences.
Outside of his full time day job at the National Children’s Bureau (NCB), in his personal capacity, Joe is a member of the Global Equality Collective (GEC) Circle of Influence. Joe regularly contributes to various media as an Autistic and neurodivergent advocate, providing practical advice for professionals who support Autistic children and young people and adults using insights from his own personal lived experience.
Joe featured on an episode of the SENDcast in 2024, the #1 podcast for SEND hosted by Dale Pickles, in which he talks openly about his personal experiences of Autism and provides advice for professionals supporting Autistic children and young people in education.
Joe has written articles in several publications in the SEND and children and young people’s sector including NASEN Connect, SEN Magazine, Autism Eye, SecEd, and Children and Young People Now Magazine, and featured in a blog for the educational organisation SENsational Tutors. Joe also has new articles coming soon to be published later this year – in SecEd, Headteacher Update and NASEN Connect.
Joe is passionate about using his voice and lived experiences to be a positive role model and help inspire and support others. For example, he uses his platform on LinkedIn with over 2,000 connections and followers to share his personal experiences and help spread awareness, acceptance and understanding of Autism and neurodiversity across the wider SEND and education community.
Joe is a relentless and determined advocate for positive change and engages regularly with professional networks across the SEND community. Joe has delivered many presentations to various audiences.
Outside of his full time day job at the National Children’s Bureau (NCB), in his personal capacity, Joe is a member of the Global Equality Collective (GEC) Circle of Influence. Joe regularly contributes to various media as an Autistic and neurodivergent advocate, providing practical advice for professionals who support Autistic children and young people and adults using insights from his own personal lived experience.
Joe featured on an episode of the SENDcast in 2024, the #1 podcast for SEND hosted by Dale Pickles, in which he talks openly about his personal experiences of Autism and provides advice for professionals supporting Autistic children and young people in education.
Joe has written articles in several publications in the SEND and children and young people’s sector including NASEN Connect, SEN Magazine, Autism Eye, SecEd, and Children and Young People Now Magazine, and featured in a blog for the educational organisation SENsational Tutors. Joe also has new articles coming soon to be published later this year – in SecEd, Headteacher Update and NASEN Connect.