Meet Your Coach
About Grace
Grace Casper is a Certified Professional Coach (CPC) with over a decade of experience walking alongside individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) as an advocate, coach, and trusted companion.
Grace’s background spans coaching, research, consulting, management, and community engagement, but her greatest passion lies in helping adults with disabilities build confidence, practice real-life skills, and find their voice in a world that often underestimates them. Whether she’s role-playing conversations, navigating public spaces together, or teaching everyday life skills, Grace believes growth happens best through relationship, practice, and presence.
From inclusive summer camps to managing a local coffee shop where she hired and coached employees with IDD, Grace has seen firsthand the transformative power of advocacy, belonging, and self-belief. These experiences shaped her coaching approach—one that centers dignity, autonomy, and celebrating each person’s strengths.
Through her coaching practice, Grace provides relationship-based, experiential coaching that supports adults with disabilities in navigating friendships, dating, daily life, and work. She is known for being her clients’ biggest champion—advocating fiercely, encouraging steadily, and walking with them as they step into fuller, more connected lives.
Grace also serves as Co-Founder of Spark Change, where she partners with employers to create inclusive workplaces and expand meaningful employment opportunities for individuals with IDD.
Focus Areas
Self-Care
Friendship
Confidence
Dating
Job Search
Cooking
Independent Living
Time Management
Conflict Management
Financial Management
Organizational Skills
Boundaries
Relationships
Self-Discipline
Qualifications
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Certified Professional Coach via Baylor University Professional Education
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​10+ years of caring for and maintaining friendships of people with IDD
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​Former General Manager of inclusive coffee shop (trained and maintained 35+ employees)
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Worked at an inclusive summer camp for six summers
Methods/Techniques
Integration Coaching
Conversational intelligence
Experiential Learning
Co-Active Coaching
Transformational Coaching
Positive Psychology
Motivational Interviewing
Solution-Oriented Coaching
CBT-Informed Coaching
Core Values
Interdependence
We believe people are not meant to navigate life alone. True growth happens through supportive relationships, learning how to ask for help, and building communities where people contribute to one another.
Client Ownership
You are the expert on your life. Coaching moves at your pace, around your goals, and in alignment with what matters most to you. Our role is to walk alongside you as you take ownership of your path forward.
Strengths-Based
We focus on what is strong, not just what is difficult. Your abilities, interests, and unique gifts guide the work we do together and shape the goals we pursue.
Commitment
Every client deserves thoughtful, prepared, and high-quality support. Coaching is never rushed or half-hearted. I continually invest time between sessions to ensure you receive the best guidance possible.
Encouraging Growth
Growth happens when people are challenged, supported, and believed in. I will always encourage you, help you think creatively about solutions, and remain honest about realistic goals and next steps.
About Beacon's Name and Logo
We hired graphic designer, Isabel Easley, to design the wordmark and logo for the brand. You can check out more of her work at: www.isabelchandler.com.
The Breakdown
The Name
When speaking with self-advocates and families of individuals with disabilities, we consistently heard the same story: supports often disappear after high school. Many people refer to this time as “the cliff” or “the abyss,” a period that can feel uncertain and overwhelming, especially in Texas. According to The Case for Inclusion (2019), Texas ranked 49th among all states in efforts to serve individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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The name Beacon came from its meaning: a light that serves as a signal or guide. We exist to be a light that helps illuminate the often confusing waters of adulthood and show the next steps available to you. You are the pioneer of your own journey. We simply help shine the light so you can clearly see the paths and opportunities in front of you.
The Wordmark/Logo
Graphic designer, Isabel Easley, designed the Beacon logo and wordmark with the following vision in mind:
The logo uses a primary color palette of red, blue, and yellow. This choice was inspired by the Bauhaus movement, which emphasized primary colors because they form the basis of all other colors. This reflects the philosophy of Beacon Coaching: just as primary colors are the foundation of art, the life skills taught through coaching are foundational skills needed to navigate adulthood.
In conversations about our clients and their families, many have used the phrase “I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel” when describing the experience of finding coaching or supports after high school. The Beacon name and logo reflect this idea, symbolizing that light of hope and direction during an often uncertain transition into adulthood. The outlined design was also intentional. It creates a stained glass effect, representing light shining through and reinforcing the idea of guidance, clarity, and possibility.