Dr Carly Danesh-Jones MBE (hc)  is an autism consultant and advocate. 

Carly is an autistic woman and mother of three daughters, two of whom are autistic. She started advocating for awareness and equality for autistic women and girls in 2008 and made the first online safeguarding course for autistic girls. Now Carly works as a professional autism consultant, keynote speaker and independent advisor. She is Global Neuro-Inclusion Lead for Enna Global and Co-Production Lead for NHS England’s Learning Disability and Autism Programme London.  She is an Independent Panel Member for the Ministry of Justice Public Appointments, recruiting diverse talent for major positions such as the Parole Board and the international judicial system court examiners. She works as an advisor and committee member for the Home Office, the Cabinet Office Honours System, the Foreign Office, Heathrow Airport and more.

Carly was Co-Chair of the Executive Steering Group for the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training in Learning Disability and Autism for the NHS. In 2020, she designed, made, self-funded and launched Visual Pain Images UK, a free app available on Android and Apple devices globally to help autistic people communicate their pain with their carers and doctors for two years during the pandemic. Her book, Safeguarding autistic girls: strategies for professionals, was published in December 2021, followed by My autism journal in 2023 by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.