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Liz Evans
The Untypical OT
Dyslexic Occupational therapist for neurodivergent parents, people, and places.
Helping protect against burnout, through a neuroaffirming, trauma and sensory responsive lens, so they can move from living in survival to living in ease.
News!
In October 2024 I won Theo Paphitis's Small Business SundayTheo Paphitis. Every year, Theo host a conference for the SBS winners. Last year was my first year attending and I met Theo when he gave me my award. Well guess what?........
This year I am back, but as a breakout speaker!!!! Watch out for photos!!
Meet Liz
I’m Liz Evans — an award-winning occupational therapist helping neurodivergent parents, people and places protect against burnout and rebuild ease in their everyday lives.
Burnout doesn’t happen because you’re doing life wrong — it happens when you’re constantly adapting to environments that weren’t designed for your nervous system, sensory needs, or values. Where the demand outweighs our capacity. That’s where occupational therapy comes in.
As an OT, I use my training to help you understand what’s driving your exhaustion, and create practical, sustainable changes that support real rest, not just more coping. To protect against burnout. Protection is so much cheaper than recovery and leaves less scars.
As a dyslexic thinker and mum to two brilliant boys (one neurodivergent, one neurotypical), I’ve lived the tension between caring deeply and burning out completely. My experience both professionally and through lived experience has shown me how burnout touches every layer of life, home, work, and community.
That’s why I created The Untypical OT — to bring together the science of occupational therapy with the honesty of lived experience, offering burnout protection for human beings, the OT way.
Coming soon..........
I'm currently working on something for schools who know there’s more to non-attendance than “won’t come in.”
For staff who feel stuck between government policy, parental distress, and children who are simply not coping.
A one-hour webinar packed with understanding, ideas, and support, not blame or judgement.
Just real lived experience, practical insight, and space to think differently about what’s going on and ask the questions you really want to.
WHO DO I HELP?
Support for Businesses and Small Business Owners
Burnout isn't a one person approach and general well being strategies can actually make things worse.
Support for Schools
Webinars for parents to protect against burnout, as well as CPD and Inset for staff
Support for Parents
Burnout protection webinars (parenting pause moments) and free resources for parents in neurodivergent families
Professional Supervision
Neurodivergent-affirming/ reflective/ real supervision. Supervision that embraces different thinkers.
The Untypical Parent Podcast
The Typically Untypical Movement
A way to find other parents that get it, without saying a word. It's more that just a t-shirt
What is OT Anyway?
If you’ve never met an OT before, you might be thinking:
“I have no idea what an OT is!”
And if you have come across one, you may still feel unsure about what OT really means and what we actually do.
Don’t worry, you’re not alone!
This is a guide I’ve created about how I explain Occupational Therapy.
It was meant to be just two pages… but I got a bit over-excited about the chance to finally explain OT properly!
So now, it’s grown into a short, easy-to-read guide that will give you a clear picture of what OT is, what we do, and why it matters.
News
In October 2024 The Untypical OT was chosen by Theo Paphitis as a winner for The Small Business Sunday awards. In February 2025 I was invited to ICC in Birmingham to collect my award presented by Theo himself. It was a wonderful day spending time learning and most importantly getting to meet other small business owners and building connections.
This year I will be back as a speaker!!!!! I will be one of the breakout speakers, talking about burnout and how to protect yourself. Watch this space for photos.
“I never expected to be here. When I started The Untypical OT, I was simply trying to survive and support others going through what I had. To have Theo recognise my work and share it with his audience is just incredible. The SEN crisis is having a huge impact on parents and carers, and I want to ensure they have the tools to protect their mental health and wellbeing and community behind them to prevent the feelings of isolation.
Every parent holds the future in their hands, but parenting a child with additional needs comes with an entirely different level of stress, strain, and relentless demands—challenges that would test even the strongest human beings. These parents need support because if they go down, the whole family goes down with them.
Neurodiversity is essential to our world’s future—it’s time we truly embraced and supported it, along with the incredible parents raising the next generation of brilliant minds
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