Phoebe Caldwell is an expert practitioner and creator of the 'Responsive Communication' approach and has worked for more than fifty years with people on the autism spectrum. She is the published author of fourteen books on autism, the most recent combining best practice with contemporary neurobiological research, and four books on ageing. Together with Janet Gurney, she produced a major training film and has won the Times Sternberg Award for her work. In 2011, she was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Science. Now in her nineties, Phoebe is still working via Zoom and says she is a poet 'by accident'.