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Sue Hutton

BSW, MSW, RSW.

Sue Hutton started her path to mindfulness in 1985. She did professional training with Jon Kabat-Zinn, founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, and has since then taught over a thousand people in a wide range of communities. Sue focuses much of her work these days on supporting mindfulness in neurodiverse communities and caregivers. 

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Sue's career as a social worker and work in disability advocacy allow her to add a special accessibility focused perspective to traditional mindfulness techniques.

Accessible Mindfulness

MAKING MINDFULNESS ACCESSIBLE

"I've taught mindfulness in developmental services, in the education system, in cancer care services, and in the prison system. I also lead clinical groups with autistic adults and their caregivers for research in mindfulness for neurodevelopmental disabilities at CAMH.

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Teaching those with a disability, or cancer, caregivers, educators, and health professionals with the lens of my advocacy perspective has shown me the importance of making mindfulness accessible to anyone".                    

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~ Sue Hutton

My Approach to Mindfulness 

Neurodiversity Informed & Trauma Informed 

Honouring Traditional Roots 

With decades of social work experience supporting people who are neurodivergent, I am passionate about inclusion and accessiblity. I self-describe as undiagnosed ADHD. The mindfulness skills I teach come from adaptations from traditional practices and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR). I have been lucky to work with autistic adults and research teams  adapting MBSR for autistic adults. Trauma is important as a part of the neurodiversity informed lens, and I incorporate trauma informed practices in my work. 

Mindfulness comes from the roots of traditional Buddhist meditation. I have studied in India and with traditional Theravaden Buddhist as well as Tibetan Buddhist teachers. Honouring the roots of the path is important to me. Teachers include: SN Goenka, Zasep Tulku Rinpoche 

Based in Research 

I am privileged to co-create and adapt mindfulness tools with research teams, with and for the neurodevelopmental community.  The beauty of working with a research team at the CAMH Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre, is that I am lucky to work with research teams led by Dr. Yona Lunsky, a devoted advocate for advancing the wellbeing of adults with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their support networks. A list of my publications can be found under the research section of my site. 

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