We are the autistic peer support coaching collective

The APSCC is the first autistic-led peer-support coaching organization in the world.

We are Autistic professional peer-support coaches working with our fellow autistic adults in our communities and globally.

We support the autistic community with neuroaffirming, transparent, authentic, and practical peer-support and life coaching rooted in the Neurodiversity paradigm.

Meet the Collective

Cheryl - Holistic Empowerment

Cheryl is an ESL Instructor, Reflexologist, and BodyTalk Practitioner in Ontario, Canada.

She has worked and volunteered with social justice grassroots organizations and schools in over a dozen countries.
Cheryl holds a Master's Degree in Political Science from the University of Windsor.

Cheryl has over 140 hours of training as an APSC and specializes in working with late discovered autistic women and people healing from spiritual abuse.

Learning, chocolate, hiking, and writing about things that matter all add joy to her life.
Work with Cheryl
Rebecca - The AuDHD Peer Support Coach

Rebecca is a writer & former comedian living in Los Angeles.
She holds a bachelors in English Literature from UConn. Her words have appeared in numerous outlets, including SF Gate, HuffPost, & the Miami New Times.
Rebecca has over 140 hours of training as an APSC and specializes in working with late-identified AuDHD adults.
With a focus on fostering self-advocacy and personal growth, Rebecca employs a variety of coaching strategies to help her clients navigate their journeys. She hosts a weekly Friday night (Pacific) inclusive space that is the hottest ticket in town.
She loves cats and dogs equally.
Work with Rebecca
Patrice - Autistic Presence

Patrice is an accountant and Internal Family Systems – informed practitioner living in California.

Patrice has over 140 hours of training as an APSC, as well as 40 additional IFS-informed coaching training hours. She’ll also complete her Trauma Recovery Coach certification in February 2025.

She specializes in working with late discovered autistic women, as well as those healing from childhood trauma. She also enjoys helping members of the Irish diaspora on their healing journeys around issues such as intergenerational alcoholism, religious abuse, and the deep grief of disconnection from land, language, and culture.

Her hobbies include hiking as well as personal finance and investing.

Patrice will begin seeing clients in February 2025.
Work with Patrice
Aradia - Creatively Autistic

Aradia is a podcast host, editor, and producer living in the Pacific Northwest.

She has a Bachelor's degree in Geology and Geography from Oregon State University, and over 5 years experience in podcasting about special interests and lived experiences.

Aradia has over 140 hours training as an APSC and specializes in working with late-identified auDHD adults.

Their focus in becoming an APSC is to help bring about more authentic autistic creativity in the world, in herself and others. Based on their own special interest of The Wheel of Time book series, which started as a solo obsession but became a podcast community, Aradia knows the transformative power of embracing your own unique creative impulses.
Join her Wheel of Time fandom AuDHD support group every Thursday afternoon (Pacific time)
Matthew - The #ActuallyAutistic Coach

Matthew is an autistic peer-support coach, educator, and disability consultant based in France.
He has over 15 years of experience in providing support to autistic adults and teens globally and specializes in supporting autistic entrepreneurs and spiritual leaders.
He holds degrees in Jewish History and Jewish Philosophy and is pursing his doctorate on the treatment of neurodivergence and madness in Jewish texts.
Matthew is also a rabbinical student, spiritual director, Neuroqueer Torah teacher, and co-editor of Neurodivergent Torah (Ben Yehuda Press 2026)
Work with Matthew