Why?

Neurodiversity South Africa and Lesotho is the brainchild of Diana Pitchers Robertson. Diana started her life in South Africa and Lesotho, eventually growing up in the UK.

Diana has spent the last fifteen years between the three countries, and used to spend time going to work in Lesotho with her father Russell Pitchers. Russell was a fuel and refrigeration engineer for many decades in Lesotho and a true Mostho. He inspired Diana to support communities and professionals alike across the borders of Lesotho and South Africa.

WHAT?

Diana began her career as an Ecologist (University of Hull, UK, 2012) working with the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (UK), eventually extending her scientific writing and journalism services to universities, museums and scientific organisations UK and worldwide. She worked briefly in European science funding. Diana’s expertise centred on using emerging media, blogging to communicate complex ideas to large audiences.

In 2018, after seven years working in science journalism (National Science Conference, 2015), museum projects (MuseomixUK, 2013-14), Salford/Manchester Science Festival (2017-18) she hung up the pen and qualified as a Primary Teacher (2018).

After seven years working across Primary, Secondary, SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) and SEMH (Social and Emotional and Mental Health provisions). Diana furthered her specialism in Autism and gained her Post Graduate Certificate in Autism with the National Autistic Society (Sheffield Hallam, UK) in 2023.

Diana has extensive experience communicating to large audiences and extensive experience working with SEND individuals aged 3-18+.

Finally, the core aim of NASL is to provide accreditation and training to; individuals, schools, businesses and allied organizations, providing a ‘gold standard’ for RZA and Lesotho that currently does not exist in those frameworks.