Neurodiversity Workbook for Parents
A practical guided resource for parents navigating advocacy, education, and support systems.
Speaker • Writer • Communications Strategist
Where Lived Experience Shapes Systems Change
Speaker, writer, and communications strategist exploring disability advocacy, caregiving systems, and the invisible labor families carry inside complex institutions.
Disability Advocacy
Caregiving Systems
Invisible Labor
Inclusive Communications
Medical Motherhood
Systems Change
About Kacie
Kacie Wielgus (Buzzard) is a communications strategist, writer, and speaker focused on the intersection of disability advocacy, caregiving systems, and storytelling.
Her work explores the invisible labor families carry inside healthcare, education, and disability systems — and the structural changes needed to support them.
Drawing on years spent navigating medical, educational, and disability systems as a parent and advocate, her work connects the deeply personal with the structural realities families encounter every day.
Her writing has appeared in outlets including The Mighty, Kveller, and Medium.
Kacie is currently developing a memoir, The Waiting Rooms of My Life.
Services
Keynote Speaking
Talks focused on disability advocacy, caregiving systems, invisible labor, and systems change.
Strategic Communications
Messaging, narrative strategy, and content development for complex issues and mission-driven organizations.
Books
Books & Guided Resources
Books and guided resources rooted in neurodiversity, caregiving advocacy, and lived experience inside complex systems.
For the Love of Autism
A collaborative project rooted in advocacy, lived experience, and storytelling.
Writing
Selected themes and excerpts from Kacie’s essays and memoir-in-progress.
The Chair
A reflection on the seat reserved for the person who stays.
The Hospital Hallway Where Time Collapses
On how medical spaces distort time, memory, and caregiving.
The Invisible Tax of Invisible Labor
A meditation on the operational burden families carry.
Speaking
Kacie speaks on disability advocacy, caregiving systems, invisible labor, and storytelling.
Sample Topics
- Caregiving as Systems Work
- The Invisible Labor Families Carry
- Disability Advocacy and Institutional Change
- Storytelling as a Tool for Systems Change
Featured Video
When Families Become the System
A short talk on caregiving, invisible labor, and what families learn when they are forced to navigate systems never designed for them.
Contact
For speaking, writing, or collaboration inquiries.