Brian works at UCL at the Centre for Research in Autism and Education (CRAE). He runs CRAE’s Communications and Engagement, as well as being a researcher on the Superior Perceptual Capacity in Autism project. A year ago, he completed his doctoral thesis at the University of Birmingham’s Autism Centre for Education and Research (ACER), investigating specialist (autism) mentoring in UK higher education. Before this, he was a specialist autism mentor at Royal Holloway, University of London, where – for a decade − he had the pleasure of regular meetings with many brilliant students as they journeyed through their university life. Even further back in time, he taught in an alternative provision, was a childminder/pirate, and – last century – was Head of Philosophy and Religious Education at a secondary modern school. For fun, he plays the ukulele, as it causes others to back away slowly. @BigBadBee