Where Lived Experience Meets Lasting Change.
Welcome to Suzy Rowland
Neurodiversity & Equality Keynote Speaker, Trainer, Author & Champion.
Through Connection, Insight & Words.
I’ve been fortunate to work in a variety of corporate communications roles in private and public sector, arts organisations and charities.
When my son was born everything changed; The demands of the extended work day clashed with parenting responsibilities and my son was frequently excluded from primary school.
He was later diagnosed autism & ADHD.
Post diagnosis, I enjoyed few years’ freelancing, then I embarked on a new journey, setting up happyinschoolproject in 2018, which was incorporated in 2025 as a Community Interest Company (CIC).
As Founder of happyinschoolproject, I deliver neurodiversity training, talks for teachers, speech therapists, SENDCos and other educational professionals, on the themes of parenting and educating children who learn and engage with the world differently, mostly due to lack of understanding and navigating an environment that isn’t accommodating.
I’ve lead training days for local authority teams and delivered INSET days. My personal experience of living in a neurodivergent family, my own late ADHD diagnosis and direct classroom experience in the UK education system, provides me with a training and keynote style that’s compassionate, accessible and inclusive.
I’m a Mental Health First-Aider, CBT certified and have researched and developed a selection of empowering and informative talks:
- Understanding a Dual Diagnosis: Autism & ADHD.
- Improving Communications between Schools & Parents.
- Little People – BIG Emotions.
- Creating the Scaffold for Successful School Transitions.
- Autistic, Anxious and in Struggling School.
Beyond education, I’ve worked with charities to upskill senior managers and frontline staff who are supporting parents.
My first non-fiction book “S.E.N.D. in the Clowns” an Amazon best-seller is a hand book for parents at the start of their school journey with their neuro-unique children, I’ve featured on podcasts including Send In the Experts and SENDCAST.
Working with teen girls in school at risk of exclusion, informed some of the content for my book ‘I Can’t Go to School’ their feedback supports my thesis that systemic bias and lack of understanding of neurodiversity in girls specifically, leaves them vulnerable to mental health issues as well as poorer academic and social life trajectories.
I launched the En-ergy in Motion podcast in 2025 and I love chatting to people who are working on their life’s purpose, especially in the fields of neurodiversity, equality and the arts – so get in touch of that’s you!
Services & Events
Suzy Rowland delivers high-impact Public Speaking, Neurodiversity Training and community programmes that drive real inclusion and change. Through initiatives like It Takes a Village, Teen Girls Circle and the pioneering Happy In School Project CIC, she supports schools, families and organisations to better understand and empower neurodivergent children and young people. Suzy blends lived experience with academic insight to create environments where every voice is seen, heard and supported.
What People Are Saying
“I keep meaning to tell you that I bought a copy of your fabulous book and am reading it every evening by torchlight while trying to get the children to sleep! I’m really enjoying it, and I can hear your voice in it so well. Calm, confident, super-knowledgeable and empathetic.”
Deirdre Ferrier
“Getting an EHCP is one of the most stressful processes you can go through as a parent, this book is a great ‘go-to’ for information while you’re fighting the system.”
@ukfreesomkeepers Instagram
“Suzy is right there with you from the start of what is a rollercoaster ride for parents professionals and the children dealing with educational needs. It’s open, it’s raw, it’s beautiful.”