Charlie Hart, also known as ‘Ausome Charlie’ (she/they) is a professional speaker, an experienced CIPD-qualified HR Analyst, and a popular and influential neurodiversity advocate. Charlie is neurodivergent (Autistic, ADHD, Complex PTSD) and bisexual/pansexual.
Charlie’s talks centre her own lived experience and insights, underpinned with expertise in employment legislation and inclusion theory, and delivered with authentically neurodivergent quirkiness and self-deprecating humour.
Unafraid to tackle emotive topics other speakers avoid, Charlie is not another happy-flappy neurodiversity advocate; she speaks of dark clouds and silver linings, of adversity and resilience, and will leave you inspired and hopeful.
Charlie’s clients include: Lexxic, Heathrow Airport, Vodafone, University Hospitals Birmingham, AECOM, Uniper, Network Plus, K3 Capital Group, Horizon, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, Telent, Atelier Ten, and Freeths LLP.
Charlie Hart Assoc.CIPD MPSA is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and is now accredited as a Professional Member of the Professional Speaking Association. She offers keynote speeches, presentations, interviews, and panel events. Charlie also delivers workshops, together with Lucy Hobbs and The Future is ND. She lives near Birmingham, England, and is happy to travel.
Testimonials
‘The webinar was a huge success – we have not had engagement and enthusiasm/appreciation like this for a long time. Charlie is absolutely amazing.’
Elysha Horton, Training and Development, Freeths LLP
‘Josie and I would like to extend our sincerest gratitude for your outstanding presentation today. Speaking on behalf of Telent, we want to express our immense appreciation for your authentic, raw and engaging session. Many of our colleagues have already reached out to join our ND community. Your contribution has truly validated their experiences. Thank you once again for your valuable input’.
Sian Dunn, Training and Compliance Manager, Telent Technology Services Ltd
‘I’ve worked professionally in suicide prevention for more than 10 years, but every day’s a school day. We all need to keep listening to and learning from diverse lived and living experiences. And when I first met Charlie Hart, my education began again. Not only did I hear one of the most tragic experiences of suicide loss – so much we can all learn from Charlie’s experience in losing Iggy and how it was (mis)handled by the authorities, but I found the entire conversation an insightful and inspiring ‘learning and development programme’ on neurodiversity. Charlie talks with a unique mix of personal and professional knowledge, along with the directness of someone who is autistic and has a channelled passion for educating others for mutual benefit.’
Paul Vittles, Chief Facilitator, Zero Suicide Society
‘Charlie is an inspirational speaker on intersectionality. Her webinar on the double rainbow truly was the most honest and engaging talk, which truly led to much needed open conversations. I highly recommend getting in touch and seeing how she can support you and your companies’.
Jenny McLaughlin, Project Manager, Heathrow Airport
Topics
Themes include: Neurodiversity Inclusion, Autism, ADHD, Complex PTSD, LGBTQIA+ Intersectionality.
Speeches include: Neurodiversity Inclusion (How to help neurodivergent colleagues thrive, and why?), The ‘double rainbow’ intersection (Autistic and LGBTQIA), Neurodiversity inclusion in recruitment (From unconscious bias to conscious inclusion), Living with Complex PTSD.
Online speech (4 minutes) about Autism and Mental Wellbeing
In-person talk (45 minutes) about Autism and LGBTQIA+
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