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Sara-Louise Ackrill
Sara-Louise Ackrill is a Neurodiversity Coach, a Harley Street therapist and the Founder of Wired Differently, a social impact company creating products and services for Autistic and ADHD people. Sara is neurodivergent herself, having been diagnosed with Autism and ADHD in adulthood
About Sara-Louise Ackrill
Sara-Lousie Ackrill, after working in luxury hospitality for many years, made the leap into entrepreneurship, and now works with professionals and entrepreneurs in areas as diverse as therapy, coaching and health as well as training, employability, workplace inclusion and health tech.
Sara-Louise Ackrill is a former disability and employment specialist. She is passionate about communicating the challenges of being neurodivergent and how businesses and organisations can be genuinely inclusive, through a mix of education and compassion. Sara is an advocate for change to help both people with disabilities themselves, but also an advocate of compassion towards employers who have no background in disability. She encourages and educates those who would genuinely like to arm themselves with the right knowledge to meaningfully support and attract Neurodiverse employees.
Sara holds a degree in Politics and Gender studies and has also trained with feminist organisations such as Rape Crisis.
- Neurodiversity
- DEI
- LGBTQ+ issues
- Sex, Relationships and Intimacy
- Communication
- Entrepreneurship
- Independence for young people on the spectrum
Testimonials
"I was totally blown away by Sara’s keynote speech. She was warmly invited to our Equality, Diversity Inclusion Away Day 2022 at University of East London. Her speech describing her lived experience of being 'wired differently' was just so inspiring and honest. This is the start of our association with Wired Differently - look forward to having Sara back to speak to our students at our Career Zones in the next academic year."
Naheed Khan, University of East London
"Sara was a guest key note speaker at Criteo's Community Event which supports awareness of living with disabilities. Sara gave an open discussion on her life, her experiences and also some incredibly helpful insights that many have found helpful around the topic of neurodiversity. She has a very relaxed style and the talk became more of a conversation which was helpful to engage a broad and global audience. We hope to continue to partner with Sara on future events, and access her expertise to support future campaigns to celebrate openness and inclusion at Criteo."
Rachel Scheel, Senior Vice President, Criteo.
