Human-Centered AI with Derek Crager
Derek Crager is a late-diagnosed autistic and ADHD professional who spent a lifetime misunderstood — until he found his voice in technology. With a background in industrial reliability and a mind wired for pattern recognition, Derek turned personal struggle into purpose, founding Practical AI and the community hub AIforAutistics.com.
Through his work, Derek helps neurodivergent individuals harness AI not just to cope — but to create, earn, and thrive. His flagship tool, Pocket Mentor, offers voice-powered guidance in industrial settings, proving that AI can be both human-centered and practical.
- Acting
- Active listening
- Advocate
- Advocating
- AI
- animation
- ARP
- Aspergers
- Authenticity
- Autism
- Behavioral support
- Benefits
- books
- Brain development
- bring different
- Careers
- Case Management
- Child development
- College
- Communication
- determination
- Diagnosis
- Disabilities
- Disability
- Diversity
- Early diagnosis
- Education
- Employment
- Entertainment
- Executive Function
- family
- Financial Management Service
- Financial Planning
- FMS
- hacking your brain
- Inclusion
- Inclusion Matters
- Independence
- late diagnosis
- Life Planning
- Marriage
- Maximize potential
- Mentorship
- Music
- Neurodiversity
- Neuroscience
- parent wisperer
- Parenting
- Personal Life
- Planning
- Podbean
- Podcast
- Podcasts
- Pooled Trust
- Relationships
- Self determination
- Self direction
- Siblings
- sibshops
- Social Security
- Social skills
- Special Needs Trusts
- Spectrumlab
- success
- Support
- Transition
- Working