Neuroaffirming practice
For allied health professionals. What neuroaffirming practice means past the training, and how to hold it in a real caseload.
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For allied health professionals. What neuroaffirming practice means past the training, and how to hold it in a real caseload.
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Neurodivergent families experience isolation at twice the rate of neurotypical families, not because they can't cope, but because most spaces were never designed for them. In this episode, Laetitia Andrac (co-founder of Understanding Zoe) explores what real community looks like for neurodivergent people and families. She shares practical strategies for creating sensory-friendly, inclusive gatherings where everyone genuinely feels welcome, and explains how to build your village deliberately, right where you are.
4 September 2026
A social worker helps with your life and the systems around it. Many also provide therapy. What an AMHSW is, Medicare and NDIS funding, and how to find one.
3 September 2026
Music therapy for neurodivergent children isn't about learning to play an instrument. Registered Music Therapist Brianna Dahlstrom explains what genuinely neuroaffirming music therapy looks like: maximising strengths rather than normalising differences, creating safety before pursuing outcomes, and offering a nourishing pathway to nervous system regulation that many neurodivergent people find more accessible than talk-based approaches. Discover how to identify affirming practitioners and why playfulness is essential therapeutic work.
21 August 2026
Speech pathologist and AI educator Shae Rodgers discusses how AI can reduce the invisible admin load that consumes 30-50% of clinicians' working week, freeing capacity for human connection. The article covers AI literacy foundations, ethical use in allied health, how AI is transforming AAC for neurodivergent communicators, and what questions families should ask when AI enters their child's care. The core message: technology works best when it supports the background, leaving clinicians fully present for the human parts of care that cannot be automated.
13 August 2026
Psychologist Adelle Sushames shares what truly neuroaffirming support means beyond training certificates and theoretical frameworks. This episode explores how to shift from deficit-based to strength-based approaches, understand autism as a dynamic spectrum wheel rather than a linear line, recognise who gets missed in diagnosis (particularly girls and women), and use practical communication tools like card decks to help neurodivergent people understand and express their needs.
19 March 2026
With Brianna Dahlstrom
With Shae Rodgers
With Adelle Sushames
With Caitlin Hughes
With Sarah Hayden