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Presenter, Occupational Therapist & Autism Strategy Lead at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

To learn more about Moira, visit www.moirapena.com

05/24/2026

An amazing day spent being witness to 400 volunteers & staff beautifully connecting & coming together to plan a joyful, inclusive & transformative camp experience for kids living with cancer & other serious illnesses.
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I leave inspired & touched to my core.
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Thank you for having me❤️

05/15/2026

Such a wonderful afternoon spent with 150+ SLPs & SLTAs discussing ways the we can make regulation the norm in all of our sessions
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Here’s to taking steps towards becoming more neurodivergent-affirming in our practices by being intentional about developing our own attitudinal & emotional competence while recognizing our clients’ full humanity
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Thank you for it all😍
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❤️SLP

05/09/2026

The crowd waiting for him🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Let’s Go!!!!!!!!

05/08/2026

A huge THANK YOU to all 35 OTs & other healthcare professionals who joined my last 2 workshops🎉
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It is ALWAYS a privilege to be in a zoom room with all of you deep diving on what we can do more of & what we can do differently.
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I leave our workshops re-inspired & in awe of the knowledge, creativity & the truly beautiful way in which you all showed up to support one another
Here’s to Pingu & D&D😜
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Until we meet again❤️
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04/30/2026

All right my friends, new branding, new insights gained from & ALWAYS a great time to be had by all🥳
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Getting ready to get lost in that amazing feeling of ‘flow’, where we are all learning, sharing & connecting🙌
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See you soon!
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04/29/2026

Thrilled to be able to present our work from our & partnership with support from the Ontario Autism Program (OAP) in Prague at
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The development of evidence-based (read- completion of a modified Delphi Study co-created with the Autistic community) of Autism Occupational Therapy Guiding is a key step in supporting our profession to deliver neurodivergent-affirming care.
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A huge thank you to all of our participants (Autistic people, parents of Autistic children, OTs working in different sectors of the field & SLP researchers) for all of your work & support of this project ❤️

04/22/2026

Excited to spend 3 days learning (& sharing) the latest autism insights to support OT clinical practice
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Super interesting first panel of past INSAR presidents & how the autism research field has evolved
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Some key evolution trends:
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Consensus that autistic people are born autistic. Autism onset is prenatal. By 6 months, there are brain differences that signal autism
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Heterogeneity of autism- complex condition, not just one autism, there are many “autisms” need to adopt a precision medicine approach & further study co-occurring conditions ➡️need to understand what works best for whom & when
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We now adopt a balanced view of autism- research focuses on challenges AND strengths and research aims to bridge neurodiversity with the medical model
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Implications of the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria: eliminated different subgroups & the importance of adding sensory reactivity
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All research should be co-designed with the autistic community, period.
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Autistic people’s human rights have been overlooked. Autistic people have the right to work, education, dignity & protection like any other group
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Recognition of intersectionality. We all have different identities including race & gender identities
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Emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration & bidirectional relationship between researchers and clinicians. Research needs to have clinical relevance.
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Some future trends in autism research are: looking at commonalties between autism and neurodegenerative conditions, more research on autism across the lifespan and the role of AI in autism diagnostics & interventions

04/20/2026

Well Zachary, you are in luck😜
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Join my 2 day workshop on April 30th & May 1st, 2026 & lets delve into best autism (& other neurodivergent affirming) practices for school AND feeding (picky eating), play, sleep, personal care & leisure occupations.
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We go through the latest research related to each occupation, we learn new strategies that can be implemented right away & we work through cases!
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& we ALWAYS have the BEST time!
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Info is ’s website or mine-www.moirapena.com
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See you there!

04/01/2026

So looking forward to spending April 30th & May 1st, 2026 discussing how we can take steps to towards embedding neurodivergent-affirming principles into our practices when working with autistic children & youth.
We’ll do a deep dive on key occupations of childhood including: feeding, play, sleep, personal care, school & leisure!
👉🏼Early Bird Pricing ends today April 1st, 2026!
See you there!🥰

Address

1230 Central Parkway West
Mississauga, ON
L5C 0A5

Website

http://www.moirapena.com/

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