Monday & Tuesday
April 28 & 29, 2025

Session 1: Conference Keynote
9:00-9:50 am

Michael McCreary

 Mystic Ballroom


Twenty-six year old autistic comedian, Michael McCreary performs a comedy set about the disability experience, offering insight through humor into his lived experience. 


Different set each day. Join Michael in Conference Room 1 after the Keynote for a meet and greet and book signing.


Sponsored by: CLA Conference Committee

About Michael:

Twenty-six-year-old Michael McCreary is an autistic comedian, actor, author and TEDX speaker who’s been performing stand-up comedy since age 13. In the past 8 years, he has performed stand-up shows and keynote addresses in every province in Canada – plus the Yukon - and across the US for for tech giants, universities, autism organizations, schools and school boards across the continent. 

Michael has also written the book “Funny, You Don’t Look Autistic,” hosted the Autism Ontario video “Autism: See the Potential,” has consulted on the TV show “Ransom” to ensure theauthenticity of a character with autism and has been featured on The National and on CBC Radio’s “Laugh Out Loud”!