Meeting Them Where They Are: Strength, Agency & Neuroadaptive Fitness for Profound Autism [Webinar] belongs in serious BCBA study because it shapes whether behavior-analytic decisions stay useful once they leave a clean training example and enter documentation workflows, supervision meetings, treatment planning, and quality review. In Meeting Them Where They Are: Strength, Agency & Neuroadaptive Fitness for Profound Autism [Webinar], for this course, the practical stakes show up in faster workflow without clinical drift, privacy loss, or weak oversight, not in abstract discussion alone.
Provider: BehaviorLive — via Profound Autism Summit
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Join Free →In this session, we will explore how functional fitness can serve as a powerful and accessible tool to support profoundly autistic people in building strength, self-agency, and self-regulation. Drawing on real-world experience and data-driven practices, we'll introduce the core principles of neuroadaptive fitness — a coaching approach designed to meet each athlete exactly where they are, honoring their cognitive, behavioral, and physical profile. Participants will learn how structured, progressive strength-based movement programming can foster confidence, functional capability, and meaningful progress for profoundly autistic individuals. Greg Austin, President of Inclusive Fitness, is a Babson MBA and former CMO for global consulting firms with 20+ years leading corporate strategy, brand development, and business growth. He has built Inclusive Fitness from concept to launch—developing the model, raising capital, and driving expansion. As the father of an autistic teen, he brings both business acumen and personal insight into the community we serve. As its founder and one of the Certified Trainers (Level 2 Autism Fitness Certified Pro), he is deeply rooted in all that is Inclusive Fitness. Before his corporate career, Greg was a certified personal trainer with ACSM, NSCS (as a CSCS), and ACE. He worked with both top athletes and post-operative patients in collaboration with orthopedic surgeons and physical therapists. Greg is a frequent author and speaker on the topic of neuroadaptive strength and conditioning training.
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Greg Austin is the co-founder and President of Inclusive Fitness, an organization dedicated to life-proofing neurodivergent people with the strength, confidence, and resilience to live safer, more independent, and more engaged lives. Inspired by the positive impact exercise has had on their autistic young adult son, Lucas, Greg and his wife Kristina committed themselves to rethinking how fitness is designed and delivered for people with intellectual disabilities and other special needs. Greg brings more than two decades of senior leadership experience in the consulting industry, along with a prior career as a personal trainer. A Level 2 Autism Fitness Certified Pro, he has over 4,000 hours of hands-on neuroadaptive fitness training experience—work shaped as much by lived experience as by professional training. Learn more at www.inclusivefitness.com.
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All behavior-analytic intervention is individualized. The information on this page is for educational purposes and does not constitute clinical advice. Treatment decisions should be informed by the best available published research, individualized assessment, and obtained with the informed consent of the client or their legal guardian. Behavior analysts are responsible for practicing within the boundaries of their competence and adhering to the BACB Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts.