Each month, as part of our online membership community, we host a webinar on various autism-related topics. We also run online community events where autistic individuals from around the world can connect and share their experiences in a safe and neuro-affirming setting. In addition to our (paid) member content, every week we release a publicly accessible video to our YouTube channel, including semi-regular livestream Q&A sessions. Both Paul and Shannan are available for individual and relationship coaching sessions and for bespoke speaking, workshops, and training engagements. As of 2025, Paul is in the process of writing his first book that we can’t wait to share with you, and we are planning another online Summit for the end of this year.

Our Story:

After discovering he was autistic at age 30, Paul Micallef shifted his career focus from aerospace engineering to working with those in the autistic community. Sharing his experience through public speaking and advocacy, he started a YouTube channel which now has over 400,000 subscribers, and became an ICF accredited life-coach in 2024. Through this work Paul met Shannan Lea, whose own experience as a late-diagnosed autistic woman and mother to an autistic child gave her a shared passion for working with autistic individuals as well as their parents/carers.

Together, Paul and Shannan launched Autism Explained (which eventually became a part of Autism From The Inside) in 2019 with the aim of empowering parents and teachers to create safe, supportive environments for autistic children. After this video went viral, garnering 5M+ views on Facebook, they created their first course titled, Autism 101 For Busy Parents (which you can still purchase or watch for FREE as part of an AFTI membership). After one of their videos went viral, garnering 5M+ views, they created their first course titled, Autism 101 For Busy Parents (which you can still purchase or watch for FREE as part of an AFTI membership). That same year was the inaugural global online autism summit, a free event with over 10,000 attendees, featuring expert autistic speakers from around the world. From there, they began offering webinars, workshops, and courses through their website.

In the years since Autism From The Inside was established, together Paul and Shannan have provided coaching, training, and support to neurodivergent individuals, their families, friends, and employers; created educational and neuro-affirming content including hundreds of YouTube videos, five global online summits (and counting), and dozens of webinars, courses, and workshops…and we are continuing to grow.