About Hannah

For more than two decades, Hannah’s extensive work in neurodiversity covers professional speaking, research, diagnosis, mentoring, care, facilitated workshops, training, creating online content, and education. She is a highly specialist and experienced practitioner who delivers gold-standard assessments on the diagnostic journey of adults, adolescents, and children. She sees individuals and their families privately and through her ongoing work across several UK NHS Trusts, clinics and HMPs. 

She passionately advocates for increased public understanding of neurodivergent individuals of all genders, the role of sex/gender in neurodivergence, and, indeed, the greater well-being of all neurodivergent individuals.

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Outside of living and breathing her work (which she loves!), she goes for long walks with her family in Southeast London, diving into cold water swims along the coast, and binging Netflix series at home.

Dr. Hannah Hayward (BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD) has dedicated her adult life so far to researching autism spectrum conditions and neurodivergence (see PhD thesis exploring sex differences and the role of gender in autism spectrum conditions - https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/studentTheses/sex-differences-in-the-clinical-presentation-of-autism-spectrum-c), and her clinical work.

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Where it all began

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"I have always been acutely aware of the existence of a male bias in the recognition and support of both psychiatric and neurodevelopmental conditions. However, it was in 2006, whilst working on the outreach team in Greater Manchester as a key worker to three autistic women with additional complex needs, that I truly realised the depth of the misunderstanding and misrepresentation surrounding autism and both gender (the societal role) and sex (the biological role) and differences. I have since been committed to developing this research field and serving this often-marginalised community" - Hannah Hayward

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If you would like to speak with Hannah, feel free to get in touch.