Bloom & Calm

Professional background & experience

A blend of specialist training, hands-on experience, and a deep respect for neurodiverse voices.

Bloom & Calm is led by an autism specialist with years of experience supporting children, families, schools, and community organisations. The work is rooted in listening to autistic individuals and their families first, then building practical support around what actually matters to them.

That experience spans sensory assessments, behaviour routines, home and classroom design, mentorship, and consultancy across the UK, Israel, and beyond. It is shaped by a simple belief: specialist knowledge should be accessible, respectful, and genuinely useful in everyday life.

Credentials & expertise

The foundation that underpins every consultation and design.

Specialist training

Formal training and lived in experience in autism, sensory processing, and autism mentorship approaches, with ongoing professional development in neuro-affirming practice.

Clinical & community experience

Years of supporting autistic individuals, families, schools, and community organisations in both academic, artistic and charitable settings.

Continued learning

Regular training in behaviour support, sensory environments, mentoring, and autism-led best practice across education, home, and workplace settings.

Professional standards

Clear ethics, safeguarding awareness, and a commitment to evidence-informed, respectful, and family-centred approaches.

Experience

A path shaped by practical work with families, schools, and autistic individuals.

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    Today

    Founder & consultant, Bloom & Calm

    Supporting families, schools, and individuals across Israel and globally with sensory design, mentorship, and autism consultancy.

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    Recent years

    Autism specialist & practitioner

    Worked directly with autistic children, young people, and adults — designing sensory support, daily routines, and behaviour strategies that fit real life.

  3. 3
    Recent years

    Charity & community support

    Delivered guidance and practical support in community and charitable settings, learning first-hand from families and neurodiverse individuals.

  4. 4
    Recent years

    Academia

    PhD research in Autism Representation, co-author of a disability paper for a major academic journal, and speaker at academic conferences on autism.

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    Earlier career

    Arts

    An installation artist developing work around the autism experience and public perception of autism. Commissioned and exhibited at a major disability arts festival at The Crypts Gallery in Kings Cross, Central London, as well as other disability arts festivals.

Resume

A summary of the education, roles, and achievements that shape the work at Bloom & Calm.

Education

  • Practice as Research PhD in Critical Autism Studies and Live Art Methodologies — University of Kent, 2020–2022
  • MA in Performance Practices as Research — Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, 2014–2015
  • BA (Hons) Drama, Applied Theatre and Education — Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, 2010–2013

Key roles

  • Co-Production and Research Lead — Resources for Autism (2021–2023): designing training for support workers and bringing autistic voices into service design.
  • Frontline Support Worker — Resources for Autism (2020–2021): supporting autistic individuals in the community and group settings.
  • Support Worker — Mencap (2019): supporting adults with complex learning disabilities to build independence.
  • Artistic Director — The Invisible Festival (2018–2019): leading a festival celebrating artists with invisible disabilities.
  • Set & Costume Designer — Filskit Theatre (2019): creating accessible, sensory-friendly performance for autistic and PMLD audiences.

Achievements

  • Co-authored and published in a leading disability journal.
  • Co-authored work in a leading disability arts journal.
  • Won British Sociological Association funding to co-organise a PhD conference on autism and sexuality.
  • Commissioned to create installation art for Autism Arts Festival, and exhibited work at The Crypts Gallery in King’s Cross, London.

Full references and a complete CV are available on request.

What guides the work

Relationship first

Trust and listening come before any plan or recommendation.

Autism-led

Strategies are built around the individual's strengths, preferences, and goals.

Family-centred

Parents and caregivers are the experts on their child. We listen first.

Neuro-affirming

We celebrate autistic ways of being and design around strengths, not deficits.

Practical

Beautiful, realistic recommendations that fit real budgets, rooms, and routines.

Torah values

Jewish values shape the way we support families, with sensitivity around shidduchim, family mentorship, and everyday life transitions.

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