I’m Autistic and have attention differences (ADHD) and I’m late discovered. 

In fact like many of us I realised I was neurodivergent via my eldest child’s journey of discovery. I was in my 30’s when I realised who I was. And I’ve had a roller coaster journey of unmasking, rediscovery and recovery of myself since, which had led to some big life changes!

I have 3 neurodivergent children of my own. And have worked with neurodivergent children and young people since I was 17 years old.

When I realised my eldest was autistic the curiosity deepened and Autism became even more of a consuming passion and interest.

I started working as an independent autism practitioner in 2016 and since then have achieved my PG Cert & MA in Autism, not because I felt I needed the learning (although I have learnt so so much) but because despite advocating for autistic children to be authentic and accepted I was being gaslit and ignored in professional meetings. I needed backing and confidence in what I was saying.

I now work directly with families via carrying out assessments for educational needs and/or Autism/ADHDdiagnosis as well as mentoring young people (the best bit of my role, but unfortunately I have no capacity for new families at the moment). I develop and deliver training & talks to various groups of parents professionals, schools and organisations and I plan to continue in academic research.

For all of your enquries you can use the form below.

Please do not message me on Facebook as it becomes too overwhelming and I will often miss messages. I would really appreciate you either using the form to send me a message or my email (which are both shown below).

If someone has told you about 'Jodie Smitten' and you've come to my website and seen 'Jodie Clarke' please don't worry - it's me - you're in the right place! During 2024 I am graually moving back to using my family/maiden name.

Thanks, Jodie

You can also email me at info<at>jodieclarke.co.uk

Swap the <at> to @ - it is shown like this to avoid spam.

I am active on Facebook;

© Copyright Jodie Clarke 2026 | All Rights Reserved

During 2024 I moved to using Jodie Clarke for all of my work (website, training, research etc).