Nancy Amar is an Occupational Therapist (OT) with more than 20 years of experience and whose greatest passion is working with children of all abilities. Although her name is Nancy, the children endearingly call her “Miss Mancy”, which inspired the name of her company. She completed her studies in Canada and received a BSc in Occupational Therapy from McGill University and a BSc in Exercise Physiology with a Minor in Psychology at Concordia University.

Her multiple collaborations and partnerships with schools, clinics, museums, and educational institutions have made her a renowned and respected member of the Miami child development community. In addition to providing individual therapy, she designs and teaches growth mindset classes for children of all abilities with the main purpose of teaching valuable life skills, while exploring empowering life lessons of compassion, oneness, acceptance, and kindness.

She leads yearly workshops for teachers in schools and offers classes for parents on Intentional Parenting. 

Nancy believes that Autistic children and other developmental challenges have profound lessons to teach us, and she is passionate about advocating for their full inclusion in society. She has appeared on The Today Show and is currently writing a book entitled “I Come with a Message.” Nancy is dedicated to empowering and making every child become the best version of themselves. She has spoken at summits, presenting alongside speakers such as Temple Grandin and Dr. Barry Prizant about Autistic children.

She recently opened a non-profit organization to provide vocational skills training to Autistic young adults and to educate the community about integration. Currently, she is teaching a Transitional Skills Program at Kesher, a school that caters to students with learning disabilities and developmental delays. She is also in the preliminary stage of opening a Beyond ASD Center in the coming year to further employment opportunities for the ASD community.

The name of her foundation is Beyond ASD, because…
A-wareness S-hifts the D-efinition!