Adam comes to the field of adult neurodivergent education with 18 years of experiential knowledge gained in cross-cultural narrative structures, constructing engaging online education frameworks and using storytelling for personal development and mental health goals.
Adam is Co-Chair of the Sussex Neurodevelopmental Lived Experience Advisory Panel (LEAP) and contributes to NHS pathway development across multiple Sussex-wide strategic groups, including the NDP Strategic Oversight Board and the Digital Directorate Steering Group.
Since 2023, his NHS work has included co-producing clinical training materials for new practitioners, developing accessible versions of assessment tools (GAD-7, PHQ-9), contributing to the Sussex ADHD and Autism support toolkit, and shaping communications to better reflect how neurodivergent people process information.
Adam spent over 2400 hours developing training materials for people with neurodivergent traits and, together with his wife Livia, created personalised adaptations for dozens of neurodivergent clients and small business owners.
Specialist subjects: ADHD, neurodivergence spectrum overlaps, making systems make sense
Can talk for hours about Studio Ghibli films, comparative mythology, Revolutionary Girl Utena
Delights: connecting the dots between previously unconnected research, video games with strong narratives
Growing up: crafted ongoing serial stories with LEGOs, pretended the sidewalk was a platformer level, wrote his own point-and-click puzzle games
Neurodivergent ‘Oh, that makes complete sense now‘ moments:
- First drawing at age 2.5 was a cross-section of a 5-level spaceship.
- After not speaking more than single words in his first 3 years, remarking ‘Excuse me, Dr Muller, what is the function for which this device is utilised?‘
Neurodivergent Adaptation Educator, Adult Education Specialist
Learning Community Architect & Content Strategist
Livia is an adult education specialist with a joy-centred approach and a sharp sense for simplifying complex ideas using silly visual metaphors.
Livia is the architect behind Weirdly Successful’s knowledge systems—creating the infrastructure that helps late-identified neurodivergent adults make sense of their experiences and find language for what they’ve always felt.
She created The Neurodivergent Glossary, an ever-growing encyclopaedia of neurodivergence-related terms, designed to help people find answers using everyday words for their experiences—not medical jargon they haven’t yet learned.
She also designed the content architecture that powers the entire website: a system that organises content by what someone is experiencing (focus, hearing, time), where they are in their journey (exploring, seeking diagnosis, recently diagnosed), and what they need to know (definitions, validation, practical strategies).
Currently, Livia is building the Weirdly Successful Learning Community—a custom-built peer support platform designed from the ground up for neurodivergent brains. Every element, from the onboarding process to the reaction buttons, has been designed to balance ADHD and Autistic accessibility needs.
This systems-thinking approach builds on 15 years of developing adult education frameworks. Her Hungarian-language courses have reached over 5,300 learners, and she’s developed 294 distinct techniques for time management, goal setting, boundaries, and self-care—all now being adapted for English-speaking neurodivergent audiences.
Specialist subjects: neurodivergent adaptations for life and work, dismantling harmful self-beliefs, promoting self-compassion, creating a life without the hustle
Can talk for hours about van conversions, why crochet can’t be mass-produced, political & socio-economical interpretations of whatever sci-fi story she’s currently obsessed with (Pluribus, Silo, Early Riser, The OA, Severance, Children of Time, etc.)
Delights: stickers for planning & memory-keeping, squishy yarns and crochet, rollerskating with a disco playlist, lion head bunnies and crows
Growing up: obsessed with mermaids, Garfield, dinosaurs, started reading and writing at 5 because was infuriated by not understanding written information, started writing crime novels at 13.
Neurodivergent ‘Oh, that makes complete sense now‘ moments:
- Top 6 labels from teachers: ‘too loud’, ‘smart but talks back’, ‘pedantic and corrects teachers’, ‘precocious’, ‘bossy’ and ‘stubborn’
- Building her own paper-based planner system at age 10
- Learning at 13 how to hand-code websites in the dial-up internet era, as the quality of the available fansites for Sailor Moon she found ‘inadequate‘
- As a child, preferred the company of adults and found most other children boring and unsophisticated.
Neurodivergent Project Specialist
Trainee Counsellor
Oliver McGowan NHS Trainer
Sensory-friendly Environments Lead
Nora is an experienced project specialist with a penchant for crafting accessible workflows and unearthing relevant cultural and structural insights.
Nora is a trainee psychotherapeutic counsellor currently on clinical placement with NHS Lambeth Talking Therapies, providing short-term therapy within a primary care setting. Their client work focuses on anxiety, depression, and identity-related difficulties, with a particular focus on neurodivergent clients.
As an approved Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training Co-Trainer, Nora delivers Tier 2 autism training to healthcare staff across Hertfordshire, Surrey, and Sussex on behalf of NHS England.
Curious & quick, they build on 15 years of experience in organisations and industries from NGOs to global corporations like IBM, OMD, and We Are Social. Their processes to reliably attain specific business goals have become best practices in 50+ markets.
As a workshop facilitator and project coordinator, Nora has managed 52 new business and retention pitches and designed & facilitated 90+ ideation workshops. They also delivered Train the Trainer sessions, writers’ workshops, and editorial frameworks.
At Weirdly Successful, they bring together their clinical training, lived experience, and operational expertise to deliver workplace training on neurodiversity and psychological safety, and to support clients through 1:1 developmental conversations.
Specialist subjects: SPD, sense-making, crafting editorial structures & sensory-friendly environments
Professional membership: BACP Registered Student Member
Can talk for hours about cinematic topography, slow travel, nature reconnection, and far-away places
Delights: filter coffee and multiple breakfasts (croissants preferred)
Growing up: mesmerised by geology, crystallography, forests, mountains and storytelling. Drew gory illustrations for The Odyssey at age 4. Devoured the stories of Alexandre Dumas and the Bronte siblings at age 8. Would be cast as Court Magician and Royal Army General in school plays. At age 11, put down ideal career as “navy officer in the merchant navy”.
Neurodivergent ‘Oh, that makes complete sense now‘ moments:
- all school reports listing ‘daydreaming’ as ‘central problem’
- universal opinion on birthday parties: ‘I don’t get why they have to shout all the time‘
Rumcajs alias Rumi
CSO, Chief Snack Officer
Rumi is a lion head mini lop bunny with a keen sense of how to disrupt workflows and schedules by being unbearably cute.
He builds on over 4 years of experience in reminding the team to take frequent breaks, stand up from the desk and run around in the living room for fun.
Rumi is a highly respected emergent thought leader, as he emerges from behind the couch to convey his thoughts that lead us to the snack shelf.
At Weirdly Successful, Rumi utilises his skill of being adorable to bring always-welcome distractions to client calls and provide sensory regulation at the end of a long day by demanding ear scratches.
Specialist subjects: jumping on hind legs for treats, mid-jump Matrix-style 360° peeing, sleeping on his back, honking and snoring