The properties of light is rooted in a commitment to (un)learning and intersectional justice, and the pursuit of mutual aid communities aimed at caring not for others, but with others.

We believe in the power, ability, and creativity of our community to engage in care with one another;

We believe in rejecting pathology, compliance, and assimilation, and we value radical acceptance, autonomy, and authenticity;

We believe in abolitionist, anti-oppressive, and anti-carceral approaches to mental health and community wellness, and we value repair + redistribution of individualized wealth and resources;

We believe in rejecting individualism and the capitalist myths of scarcity and independence, and we value both autonomy and interdependence;

We believe that change is both possible and necessary.

Mental health, education, & consulting services.

Centering authenticity, healing & belonging

**For neurodivergent* + queer, trans, & non-binary people of all ages.**

“I originally conceived of neuroqueer as a verb: neuroqueering as the practice of queering (subverting, defying, disrupting, liberating oneself from) neuronormativity and heteronormativity simultaneously.” That is to say, ‘neuroqueer’ is not only an identity that one can be, intersectionally, as both neurodivergent and queer, but is also a way of acting and responding to the world.”

— Dr. Nick Walker (she/her), Neuroqueer Heresies

Neurodivergent Identity Consultations &

Diagnostic Autism + ADHD Evaluations

Diagnostic evaluation and identity consultation services that center the experiences of autistic, adhd, and multiply neurodivergent people of all ages, NOT the view of autistic, adhd, and multiply neurodivergent people through a neuro-normative lens.

Individual & Group Counseling

Individual and group counseling services with a focus on joining and supporting neurodivergent & LGBTQIA+ of all ages in navigating the path to self-knowledge, authenticity and radical self-love.

The Properties of Light also partners with LGBTQIA+ & Neuroqueer clinical providers to offer on-going training, clinical supervision, and community while they provide therapy services to folks in our community.

Trainings, Workshops, & Consultation

**Trainings and consultation offerings that center the experiences of autistic people, NOT the view of autistic people through a neuro-normative lens.**

Including Autistic-Informed, Autism Assessment: An Advanced Training Series and Consultation Offering for Licensed Providers

I am also available for trainings, workshops, and professional consultation around many other areas of focused interest/lived experience and professional expertise - pretty much all things neurodiversity + attachment + trauma + parenting/caring + sensory + self-directed education + queer and trans joy in childhood, and more.

An offering for people who have dreams of building something different - independent businesses aligned with their values and access needs, mutual aid networks or other anti-capitalist entrepreneurial ideas. Those who believe that autonomy and mutuality are not exclusive of one another, that caring with one another is both possible, and necessary.

Supportive community, collaborative problem solving, and compassionate accountability while you build your something.

A note on language: we respect the right of all individuals to use language that is meaningful for their identities. We use identity-first language to describe ourselves, and default to using identity-first language unless/until a person lets us know they use different language to describe themselves. This means we use words like "autistic" and "disabled" and "neurodivergent*" to describe the many ways that humans exist.

*Neurodivergent is a term coined by Kassiane Asasumasu of Radical Neurodivergence Speaking.

For additional resources on the language of gender, the neurodiversity paradigm, and disability justice, visit our resource page