The People Behind the Support
Facilitate Joy is your starting point: a bridge to independent, vetted providers who specialize in neurodivergent care. Every person on this page was chosen with care for their expertise, their warmth, and their commitment to meeting clients where they are.
Cady Stanton, M.S.
Founder, Autism & ADHD Speacialist
Cady founded Facilitate Joy in order to show up for the people that other systems overlooked. She walks alongside autistic and ADHD individuals and families, giving them a place to belong. She is the lead curator and is dedicated to training the professionals and organizations that serve the neurodivergent community. Read more...
Reno, NV • In-person & online
Autism
ADHD
Training
Cody Butler, AOS
Consultant & Group Facilitator
Cody is an autistic self-advocate who has spent over five years working alongside neurodivergent youth and adults. He draws on lived experience and deep roots in disability advocacy to help clients build lives that actually work for them. His approach is strengths-based and community-centered, with a particular focus on employment, independent living, and self-advocacy for working-class neurodivergent people.
Reno, NV • In-person & online
Self-advocacy
Employment
Independent Living
Kat LaFever, B.A.
Client Services Manager, Senior Consultant, and Group facilitator
Kat has over a decade of experience supporting the neurodivergent community and brings a trauma-sensitive, queer-friendly, holistic approach to her work. She helps clients of all ages strengthen executive functioning and navigate life transitions. Kat is attending graduate school in Philadelphia to continue advancing research and care for neurodivergent and marginalized communities.
Philadelphia, PA • Online
Autism
Executive Function
Life Transitons
Lee Bess, Ph.D.
Senior Consultant & Group Facilitator
Lee is a trained biologist who got curious about why neurodivergent traits exist in the first place and how we can build lives that actually work with them. They help autistic/ADHD individuals with educational goals, career planning, and learning about their own brains. They also train universities, nonprofits, and government agencies on supporting neurodivergent people in their communities. Lee is a nature lover, world traveler, and founder of the Toronto Neurodivergent Queer Meetup. They bring a compassionate and fun approach to every client relationship, and place great importance on community building.
Toronto, ON • Online
Autism
ADHD
Queer-Affirming
Citlalli Garcia, LMSW, AC
Consultant & Group Facilitator
Citlalli is a bilingual, first-generation Mexican-American social worker who came to this field through lived experience. Growing up as the daughter of immigrants, she saw firsthand the gaps in mental health services for Spanish-speaking communities. She holds a Master of Social Work, an IBCCES Autism Certificate, and a BA in Psychology from UNR. Her background includes supporting students with disabilities in the Washoe County School District and working with neurodivergent individuals on employment pathways at the JUSTin Hope Foundation.
Reno, NV • In-person & online
Anxiety
Executive Function
Social Communication
Hablo Español
Miranda Kunz, B.S., AC
Consultant & Group Facilitator
Miranda got curious about the brain while tutoring kids with dyslexia, earned a Neuroscience degree from UNR, and then recognized her own academic struggles through the lens of ADHD and dyslexia. That personal journey is what drives her work. She helps clients understand their own neurodivergence and build strategies that actually fit their lives. Miranda is also a longtime Big Brothers Big Sisters mentor and brings that same patient, consistent presence to her client relationships.
Reno, NV • In-person & online
Autism
ADHD
Dyslexia