Executive team

These are the people
that run the company.

But we couldn’t do what we do without the support of the other people on this page!

Dr. Natalie Engelbrecht
MSc, RP, ND

Chief executive officer

diagnosed at 48

Martin Silvertant
B.Des

Chief operating officer

diagnosed at 25

Kendall Jones

Executive producer

diagnosed at 60

 

Web development team

These are the people that make the website functional.

Quinn Rusnell

Chief technology officer

n/a

Martin Silvertant

Front-end developer

diagnosed at 25

Media team

These are the people that give
Embrace ASD shape, sound, and color.

Martin Silvertant

Graphic designer
& illustrator

diagnosed at 25

Kendall Jones

Music producer
& sound engineer

diagnosed at 60

Matt Willows

Motion designer
& illustrator

diagnosed at 25

Editorial team

These are the people that improve the content we publish.

Martin Silvertant

Chief editor

diagnosed at 25

Kendall Jones

Chief editor

diagnosed at 60

For a list of our authors,
have a look at our dedicated page:

Assessors

Dr. Natalie Engelbrecht RP ND does
the autism assessments, of course.

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Dr. Natalie Engelbrecht

Assessor, psychotherapist
& autism researcher

diagnosed at 48

Admissions team

In order to maintain comfort and safety in our closed Facebook group, the Embrace ASD Community,
we have a vetting process in place.

Below are the people that make sure our group
remains a safe haven for autistic people.

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Greg Burns

Chief security officer

diagnosed at 56
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Dr. Natalie Engelbrecht

VIA data analyst

diagnosed at 48
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Carolyn Garber

Admissions officer

self-diagnosed at 53

Moderators

Below are the people that make sure our social media groups remain civil, and that what is posted is within our guidelines.

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Greg Burns

diagnosed at 56
An illustrated portrait of Carolyn, with a leaf flying in her hair by the wind.

Carolyn Garber

Embrace ASD
Community

self-diagnosed at 53

Felix Bunke

Embrace ASD Community

self-diagnosed at 45

Nicholas Scheel

Embrace ASD Community

self-diagnosed at 18

Bots

Here is our bot, who aids us in managing social media and answering common questions.

Saga

Our Q&A bot
on Facebook

autistic by design

Collaborators

Below are the people that have worked with us or collaborate with us. Thank you for your contributions!

Dr. Jag Arora

Our M.D. who co-signs
our diagnostic reports

n/a

Saleh Abdul Motaal

JavaScript programmer
(psychometric tests auto-scoring)

diagnosed at 36

Nicholas Scheel

JavaScript programmer
(scoring & animated characters)

self-diagnosed at 18

Matt Medina

[Ex-] Podcast host, sound editor, writer & e-mail consultant

diagnosed at 26

Thomas Gisler

[Ex-] Animator
& video editor

diagnosed at 59

Join the team

Can you help us improve and/or increase our efforts? We could sure use it! Contact us if you are interested in contributing to our cause.