Steven T. Licardi is an Autistic social worker, spoken word poet, artist, writer, and performance activist working at the intersections of art and social policy. He travels internationally using the power of the arts to create empathic dialogue around, to confront the realities of, and to assist communities in reexamining our relationships to madness and mental health. Steven has worked as theatre actor, filmmaker, and photographer, as well as a creator of mixed and multimedia arts. He works full time as a psychotherapist, often leads workshops on collective poem making, and is a writer of science fiction and social policies.