Trevor Wright
Overview
Trevor was diagnosed at 56, has an autistic daughter and is a social worker and commissioner with 35 years’ experience of health and social care, from unqualified support worker to HoS levels.
Since 2020, he has been a freelance autism consultant and trainer contributing to HEE, Skills for Care, ADASS and NHSE projects, is the Leicestershire ICB Autism Champion, was a Lead Trainer on the OMMT Trial and currently one of the Oliver McGowan Train the Trainer facilitators.
Trevor is also a writer with two published poetry collections and has been a writer in residence for older peoples inpatient settings and community writing groups with autistic people.
He co-founded the Derby Poetry Festival, is a Writer Trustee of the Nottingham UNESCO city of Literature and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.