Kelley Hollie, LMSW

Where scholarship and activism

meet the street.

Scholar, trainer, researcher and caregiver. I study how race, disability and structural violence shape autism, and I bring what I find back to the people it’s about.

Kelley Hollie

Licensed Master Social Worker

Doctoral researcher

Founder, Truth Be Told Collective

Licensed Master Social Worker

Doctoral researcher

Founder, Truth Be Told Collective

Licensed Master Social Worker

Doctoral researcher

Founder, Truth Be Told Collective

About Kelley

Scholarship that answers to the community.

Kelley Hollie is a licensed master social worker and doctoral researcher who studies how race, disability and structural violence shape autism, and who answers to the families living it.

Autism isn’t experienced the same way across race, and the systems around it aren’t either. Her research looks at how Black autistic people and their families move through diagnosis, schools, services and policing, and where structural violence shows up along the way.

Her approach is community-accountable: families and autistic people help set the questions, read the findings and decide what happens next.

Speaking & Training

What Kelley speaks and trains on

01

Keynote · Training

Autism, race, and disability justice

Why the same behavior gets read as “support needed” in one child and “threat” in another, and what your institution can do about it.

Universities · Practitioners

01

Keynote · Training

Autism, race, and disability justice

Why the same behavior gets read as “support needed” in one child and “threat” in another, and what your institution can do about it.

Universities · Practitioners

02

Workshop · Consultation

Community-engaged research: nothing about us, without us

How to build research the community actually helps steer, from the question to the findings.

Researchers · Funders

02

Workshop · Consultation

Community-engaged research: nothing about us, without us

How to build research the community actually helps steer, from the question to the findings.

Researchers · Funders

03

Keynote · Workshop

Supporting Black autistic families and caregivers

What families are carrying, what systems miss, and how to show up without making it heavier.

Organizations · Community

03

Keynote · Workshop

Supporting Black autistic families and caregivers

What families are carrying, what systems miss, and how to show up without making it heavier.

Organizations · Community

Formats

Built for the room you have

45–60 min

Keynote

For conferences, convenings and campus-wide events.

45–60 min

Keynote

For conferences, convenings and campus-wide events.

Half or full day

Workshop

Hands-on, for teams and practitioners who need to use it Monday.

Half or full day

Workshop

Hands-on, for teams and practitioners who need to use it Monday.

Multi-week

Training series

Skills that build over sessions, with practice in between.

Multi-week

Training series

Skills that build over sessions, with practice in between.

Ongoing

Consultation

Support for programs, research teams and policy work.

Ongoing

Consultation

Support for programs, research teams and policy work.

Bring Kelley to your campus or organization

Keynotes, workshops, multi-session trainings and consultation. Tell us about your event.

Bring Kelley to your campus or organization

Keynotes, workshops, multi-session trainings and consultation. Tell us about your event.

Bring Kelley to your campus or organization

Keynotes, workshops, multi-session trainings and consultation. Tell us about your event.

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