ABOUT
Diane is a Canadian-American and Afro-Caribbean author, filmmaker, and disability justice advocate. After discovering she’s autistic with ADHD, she founded Autastic.com, a resource and community hub for thousands of autistic adults, including spaces specifically for autistic people of color.
An award-winning author and screenwriter, Diane has contributed to two New York Times bestsellers, Sundance and Tribeca selections, and groundbreaking documentaries. She has published in national literary, consumer, and trade magazines. Her independent publishing collaborative, Seedpod Publishing, used its platform to highlight emerging authors and multimedia artists during the rise of digital publishing.
Her innovations in the digital space contributed to the widespread adoption of SMS, patient-centered medical records, location-based mobile check ins, and natural language search. She’s tended bar (terribly), sold shoes (terribly), produced music videos (quite well), represented directors, and ghostwritten in film and TV.
In 2023, Diane was named the first Ford School Hawkins Family Disability Policy Fellow at the Center for Racial Justice, University of Michigan. She has lectured at Antioch University and served as Adjunct Professor of English at the University of La Verne. Today, she creates transformative educational experiences within the autistic community.