Dr Kana Grace, PhD

Dr. Kana Grace is an advocate for neurodivergent people, leveraging her own multiply-neurodivergent experiences and research skills to make the world a better place for neurodivergent people and their families.

Drawing on her positive experiences with Specialist Mentoring during her PhD, Kana has extended her support to neurodivergent individuals across various age groups and countries as a Specialist Mentor since 2020.

Currently, Kana is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Centre for Research in Autism and Education (CRAE) at the Institute of Education, University College London (UCL), where she earned her PhD in Psychology focusing on loneliness among autistic adults. Her research interest lies in health of neurodivergent people. As a researcher, she has been featured in prominent media outlets like the UK’s BBC and The Scientist. Her narrative as a prominent scientist and neurodivergent individual in academia will be featured in the forthcoming book ‘Nine Minds’, narrated by bestselling author and autistic savant Daniel Tammet, alongside with some notable individuals including Hollywood actor Dan Aykroyd.

In addition to her research work, Kana advises SEDSConnective, a UK charity supporting neurodivergence and hypermobility, and is part of the steering group for transdiagnostic research at Autistica, a leading UK autism research charity.

Kana has been a featured speaker at various conferences, symposiums, and webinars worldwide, sharing insights from her dual perspective as a researcher and an individual with lived experience.

Fluent in both English and Japanese, Kana bridges cultures in her extensive work. Discover more about Kana at her Linktree: https://linktr.ee/kanagrace.

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