In her essay, Considerations on Autism Coaching, Pia Hämäläinen, an autistic theorist, presents a presumably autism-friendly approach to autism coaching. Hämäläinen uses both her experiences of receiving coaching as well as diverse theories to shed light on the process of autism coaching. The purpose of the mind map Hämäläinen came up with to organize her thinking on the subject is to offer ways to manage autistic processes with diverse structures in more autism-friendly ways.

Pia Hämäläinen (b. 1966), BA, is an autistic theorist who applies theory to autism and constructs new theory. Her special interests include communication theory, process philosophy, autism theory, systems/ complexity theory, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and Christian theology, especially process theology.