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216 stories- Argument, 5 minutes to readThe case that every autistic owned business is a social enterpriseRoo Harris
- Argument, 5 minutes to readAutistic burnout is different from tiredness, and a holiday does not fix itAnita Aherne, Hannah Badenhop and 1 more
- Argument, 5 minutes to readAwareness asks very little of anyone, Judy Tang told Think Autism MelbourneDr Judy Tang
- Argument, 5 minutes to readThink Autism Melbourne heard that negative messaging about autism was no accidentDr Sharon Zivkovic, Kyriakos Gold
- Argument, 4 minutes to readA practitioner warned that neuroaffirming practice loses its point once written as rulesDani Bultitude
- Argument, 4 minutes to readEighteen months and several NDIS applications for one refugee familyNicole Smith
- Practice, 4 minutes to readHow the 2026 Autistic Pride Day campaign was built from community responsesKyriakos Gold
- Policy call, 5 minutes to readClosed tenders and NDIS changes threaten autistic led social enterprisesRebecca McCash
- Argument, 5 minutes to readEmployers avoid naming autistic burnout because naming it creates liabilityShamus Hart, Kathleen McCarthy
- Argument, 4 minutes to readServices do not change systems, Sharon Zivkovic told Think Autism MelbourneDr Sharon Zivkovic, Kyriakos Gold
- Argument, 4 minutes to readSchools are unprepared for supports moving into community settings, a practitioner warnedShristi Chand
- Findings, 4 minutes to readRoo Harris reports a quarter of Scale Investors pitches from neurodivergent foundersRoo Harris, Kyriakos Gold
- Lived experience, 5 minutes to readKyriakos Gold on a series of missed cues, and why he quit every community boardKyriakos Gold
- Findings, 5 minutes to readSeventy years of autism research and three studies that included black womenNaz Jacobs
- Argument, 4 minutes to readWorkplaces can supply cupcakes for inclusion but cannot change the lightsShamus Hart, Hannah Badenhop
- Practice, 5 minutes to readThree practitioners on how to tell a neuroaffirming provider from a labelShristi Chand, Dani Bultitude and 1 more
- Argument, 5 minutes to readA Melbourne panellist taught entrepreneurship for 14 years and never used the toolsRebecca McCash
- Debate, 5 minutes to readIndigenous business as a model for autistic enterprise, and why it scaledDr Sharon Zivkovic
- Argument, 4 minutes to readNeurodivergent practitioners argued autistic clients need therapists who are not blank slatesBen Simmons
- Argument, 4 minutes to readAutistic founders are succeeding despite the systems, a Melbourne panel saidWill Rosewarne, Rebecca McCash
- Practice, 3 minutes to readRunning Think Autism without state or federal fundingKyriakos Gold
- Lived experience, 4 minutes to readKathleen McCarthy was shut out of talks on her own workplace accommodationsKathleen McCarthy
- Argument, 5 minutes to readAutism is not a dish that is more or less spicyKyriakos Gold
- Argument, 5 minutes to readAutistic founders at Think Autism Melbourne asked whether AI could be their translatorRoo Harris, Rebecca McCash and 1 more
- Argument, 4 minutes to readAutism or trauma is the wrong question, a Think Autism panel arguedThink Autism Melbourne 2026
- Policy call, 5 minutes to readWho Thriving Kids could filter out before they are ever recognisedThink Autism Melbourne 2026
- Argument, 5 minutes to readFive provocations at Think Autism Melbourne put the problem in the systemThink Autism Melbourne 2026
- Practice, 4 minutes to readPrevent autistic burnout by design, and ask the person what would helpShamus Hart
- Lived experience, 4 minutes to readMasking whiteness before masking autism, and why racialised children go unseenNaz Jacobs
- Community voice, 5 minutes to readAn audience member asked for a tick of approval for neuroaffirming practicesThink Autism Melbourne 2026
- Practice, 4 minutes to readHow practitioners reach young people who do not want to do the workThink Autism Melbourne 2026
- Findings, 4 minutes to readFocus Bear’s founder reported trial results from 235 university studentsJeremy Nagel
- Argument, 4 minutes to readWorkplaces know what excludes autistic staff and lack the will to change itThink Autism Melbourne 2026
- Argument, 5 minutes to readJohn Munro traced how an autistic student’s school day uses up working memoryProfessor John Munro
- Argument, 4 minutes to readThe politics of exceptionalism and the limits of intersectionalityDr Kim Gordon, Maria Dimopoulos AM
- Practice, 3 minutes to readBloom Cycle turns timber waste into trophies and wins clients by sending them oneZoe Atterbury
- Practice, 4 minutes to readAll 40 people working on Think Autism Melbourne were paid, Kyriakos Gold saidKyriakos Gold
- Lived experience, 4 minutes to readFounders at Think Autism Melbourne described startup networking as a major barrierJeremy Nagel, Zoe Atterbury and 1 more
- Lived experience, 5 minutes to readFounders at Think Autism Melbourne say pitching, crowdfunding and investor meetings reward performanceMichelle Ridsdale, Rebecca McCash
- Argument, 4 minutes to readShort time horizons and memories laid without feeling, explained from the stageThink Autism Melbourne 2026
- Debate, 4 minutes to readSelf identified, undiagnosed and still needing a diagnosis to get supportThink Autism Melbourne 2026
- Lived experience, 4 minutes to readPaul Micallef says doing nothing by halves is a weakness and a strengthPaul Micallef
- Debate, 5 minutes to readJohn Munro and Siobhan Lamb split over whether masking stops costing effortProfessor John Munro, Dr Siobhan Lamb
- Argument, 4 minutes to readRebecca McCash said lived experience is still treated as an optional extraRebecca McCash
- Lived experience, 4 minutes to readSiobhan Lamb on the six teachers she never had to mask forDr Siobhan Lamb
- Lived experience, 4 minutes to readChelle Norris built an electric campervan company on assumptions others had acceptedChelle Norris
- Community voice, 5 minutes to readParents ask Think Autism what comes next when the classroom does not workThink Autism Melbourne 2026
- Policy call, 5 minutes to readThriving Kids could load more onto teachers already underwater, a panellist warnedThink Autism Melbourne 2026
- Argument, 4 minutes to readTéa Rundback asked for spaces built with autistic people already in mindTéa Rundback, Georgia Zentrich
- Community voice, 4 minutes to readCare is a text that needs no reply, a Think Autism panel heardGeorgia Zentrich
- Lived experience, 4 minutes to readQuinn Jones on why commercial kitchens push out autistic learnersQuinn Jones
- Practice, 4 minutes to readMinds at Play hires its staff by asking them to run a gameDwayne Fernandes
- Practice, 4 minutes to readA false community is one you have to mask aroundThink Autism Sydney 2025
- Lived experience, 5 minutes to readGeorgia Zentrich said neurodivergent people create the communities they wish they hadGeorgia Zentrich, Anita Aherne and 1 more
- Argument, 5 minutes to readAutistic roles belong to autistic actors, a Think Autism panel arguedKyriakos Gold, Heather Ridge
- Lived experience, 5 minutes to readDating is the same barrier for every autistic person, however they presentKyriakos Gold
- Lived experience, 4 minutes to readAutistic performers described casting rooms that judge them for being autisticMichael Theo, Heather Ridge
- Debate, 3 minutes to readA Think audience member asked whether autistic coded characters should be namedThink Autism Sydney 2025
- Lived experience, 4 minutes to readMichael Theo described life as a puzzle that needs every pieceMichael Theo, Kyriakos Gold
- Community voice, 4 minutes to readA British soap fan told Think Autism Sydney Australia was far behindKyriakos Gold
- Practice, 4 minutes to readMichael Theo said his book with an autistic hero is for every childMichael Theo
- Argument, 4 minutes to readFour founders on what neuroaffirming means once the tick box is goneAnita Aherne, Holly Fowler and 2 more
- Practice, 4 minutes to readHolly Fowler built Wable with its users and found investors who wanted thatHolly Fowler
- Lived experience, 5 minutes to readKate Lambridis turned a spreadsheet about her children’s health into an advocacy appKate Lambridis
- Lived experience, 5 minutes to readNatasha Siryj said her workplace called itself inclusive and was notNatasha Siryj
- Argument, 4 minutes to readThink Autism panellists on the health data that could end trial and error careThink Autism Sydney 2025
- Lived experience, 4 minutes to readThe peer worker who once feared being sued for mentioning her ADHDGeorgia Zentrich
- Argument, 4 minutes to readA trauma therapist traced the distrust of lived experience back to colonisationThink Autism Sydney 2025
- Practice, 4 minutes to readNeurodivergent practitioners on the village that got them throughThink Autism Sydney 2025
- Practice, 5 minutes to readAdvice for neurodivergent clinicians began with treating burnout as an environment problemThink Autism Sydney 2025
- Community voice, 5 minutes to readA physiotherapist asked why physiotherapy regulation lags psychology on lived experienceDr Naomi Malone
- Argument, 5 minutes to readNo government strategy has ever created systemic change, Sharon Zivkovic told Think Autism SydneyDr Sharon Zivkovic
- Debate, 4 minutes to readA tender lost over two extra pages tested the autism strategy’s promiseKyriakos Gold
- Argument, 4 minutes to readCounting eye contact is not success, Rebecca McCash told Think Autism SydneyRebecca McCash, Dr Sharon Zivkovic
- Policy call, 5 minutes to readThree autistic leaders set different terms for staying at the strategy’s tableChristina Chun, Dr Sharon Zivkovic
- Policy call, 5 minutes to readA Think Autism Sydney panellist asked why Australia has no autism procurement policyThink Autism Sydney 2025
- Argument, 4 minutes to readSchools are still teaching young autistic people to mask, a Think Autism panellist saidThink Autism Sydney 2025
- Lived experience, 4 minutes to readSharon Zivkovic on growing up autistic when it was called childhood schizophreniaDr Sharon Zivkovic, Christina Chun and 1 more
- Lived experience, 5 minutes to readAutistic leaders on the diagnoses that came first and did not fitChristina Chun
- Policy call, 5 minutes to readA high school teacher’s case for putting more autistic teachers in schoolsThink Autism Sydney 2025
- Debate, 4 minutes to readA call to break the system, and a panellist’s case for new civicsThink Autism Sydney 2025
- Debate, 5 minutes to readAn audience call for an Autism Act, and who it would leave outKyriakos Gold
- Argument, 5 minutes to readSharon Zivkovic said autistic founders belong to the older meaning of social entrepreneurshipDr Sharon Zivkovic, Christina Chun
- Lived experience, 5 minutes to readWhen employment shuts autistic people out, building a business becomes the pathwayKyriakos Gold, Zoe Atterbury
- Lived experience, 5 minutes to readThe unwritten rules of business, and the workarounds autistic founders build around themRebecca McCash, Kyriakos Gold and 1 more
- Argument, 4 minutes to readSharon Zivkovic said older autistic people free of masking should leadDr Sharon Zivkovic, Zoe Atterbury
- Argument, 4 minutes to readChristina Chun said funders keep backing the people they already fundChristina Chun
- Argument, 5 minutes to readSharon Zivkovic built a founder program when none met the autism strategy’s principlesDr Sharon Zivkovic, Rebecca McCash
- Argument, 4 minutes to readAutistic founders were told to aim for the places where budgets are setThink Autism Sydney 2025
- Debate, 4 minutes to readRebecca McCash and Christina Chun disagreed over grants, trade and autistic enterpriseKyriakos Gold, Christina Chun
- Community voice, 4 minutes to readNo one counts the autistic founders who fail, a Think Autism panellist saidThink Autism Sydney 2025
- Practice, 5 minutes to readAutistic founders described building businesses around capacity that changes dailyThink Autism Sydney 2025
- Community voice, 5 minutes to readSharon Zivkovic said autistic expectations had risen and called it a social movementDr Sharon Zivkovic, Christina Chun
- Findings, 4 minutes to readStigma is the biggest barrier to autistic employment, Sandra Thom-Jones arguedSandra Thom-Jones
- Argument, 4 minutes to readA Sydney panel named the classroom rules that count stillness as learningKyriakos Gold
- Argument, 5 minutes to readSharon Zivkovic split product development from business development for autistic foundersDr Sharon Zivkovic
- Argument, 5 minutes to readAutistic founders hold on to the problem and let the solution keep changingChristina Chun, Roo Harris
- Argument, 5 minutes to readWhy three extra weeks fail autistic students who do not understand the questionAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Policy call, 4 minutes to readGovernment workplace supports for autistic staff were hidden away, an employment panel heardTammie Sinclair, Kyriakos Gold
- Findings, 4 minutes to readAutistic university students said they were left to educate their own lecturersAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Practice, 5 minutes to readPut an outside advocate in workplaces that hire autistic people, a panellist arguedAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Debate, 5 minutes to readDr Siobhan Lamb wanted classrooms where no student needed an accommodationDr Siobhan Lamb
- Debate, 5 minutes to readAutistic led does not mean autistic only, an AV panellist told SydneyKyriakos Gold
- Practice, 5 minutes to readSchools need openly neurodivergent teachers students can look up to, Sydney panel saidSandra Thom-Jones
- Lived experience, 5 minutes to readChristina Chun compared founder etiquette training to ABA in businessChristina Chun, Kyriakos Gold
- Practice, 5 minutes to readWorking from home opened up her life, Rebecca McCash told employersRebecca McCash
- Practice, 5 minutes to readLetting autistic students leave an overwhelming room would cost schools nothing, panel heardMarion Rabuka, Sandra Thom-Jones
- Practice, 5 minutes to readSandra Thom-Jones would replace the job interview with a paid trial daySandra Thom-Jones
- Practice, 5 minutes to readMinds at Play, a contract critique and growth built from special interestsDwayne Fernandes
- Debate, 4 minutes to readA Sydney panel asked whether board governance itself shuts autistic people outKyriakos Gold
- Argument, 5 minutes to readA Sydney panellist expects AI to change the moment investors doubt a founderKyriakos Gold
- Community voice, 5 minutes to readSleep, preparation and support workers, the hidden cost of attending an autism eventAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Practice, 5 minutes to readA father used ChatGPT to show his autistic daughter how a speech is builtAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Debate, 5 minutes to readA neurotypical translator at the front door, and the risk of losing controlDr Sharon Zivkovic, Roo Harris
- Argument, 5 minutes to readEmploy four people for one job, the case for carving work into tasksAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Lived experience, 4 minutes to readKyriakos Gold on unmasking at 48 and being told he does not look autistic enoughKyriakos Gold
- Practice, 4 minutes to readWhen parents and schools stop trusting each other, the autistic student losesAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Debate, 5 minutes to readAn autistic panel asked whether AI belongs on a company boardKyriakos Gold
- Debate, 5 minutes to readA panellist argued school can’t children should never be tricked into classAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Lived experience, 4 minutes to readTourette’s, a childhood stroke and why one panellist chose to be the bridgeAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Lived experience, 4 minutes to readWhy autistic employees need the reason behind an instruction, and time to trustRebecca McCash
- Argument, 4 minutes to readA Sydney panellist made the case for design justice inside autistic businessesAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Lived experience, 4 minutes to readChristina Chun now schedules her masking, and Sharon Zivkovic asks for accommodationsChristina Chun, Dr Sharon Zivkovic
- Community voice, 5 minutes to readEspecially hard to find if not a Caucasian cisgender boy, an activist saidAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Lived experience, 4 minutes to readThink like the manager, an autistic worker’s account of a London warehouse jobAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Practice, 5 minutes to readAutistic students catch every word and miss the hint, a Sydney panel heardAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Debate, 4 minutes to readTold pride was too gay, Autistic Pride Day asked where to compromiseKyriakos Gold, Roo Harris
- Policy call, 4 minutes to readWhere autistic employment advocates should push, from local councillors to large corporatesTammie Sinclair
- Practice, 4 minutes to readOne panellist’s advice to young autistic founders was to find another autistic personDr Sharon Zivkovic
- Practice, 5 minutes to readA Sydney panel on the line between autistic led and autistic co designedAnita Aherne
- Argument, 5 minutes to readSandra Thom-Jones said screens cast autistic people as burdens or superheroesSandra Thom-Jones
- Argument, 4 minutes to readSandra Thom-Jones said Love on the Spectrum turns autistic dating into entertainmentSandra Thom-Jones
- Argument, 5 minutes to readNeurodivergent practitioners weigh the DSM checklist against the social model of autismAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Practice, 4 minutes to readFutureTech asked every child how each session went, and changed the program fastRebecca McCash, Kyriakos Gold
- Argument, 4 minutes to readPractitioners who self identified argue support should not wait for a diagnosisDr Judy Tang
- Lived experience, 5 minutes to readKyle Goldfinch drew on his own dating life to write NeuromanceKyle Goldfinch
- Argument, 5 minutes to readFunding went to large organisations with token autistic voices, Anita Aherne saidAnita Aherne
- Lived experience, 5 minutes to readTwo practitioners studied ADHD at university and found their own through social mediaAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Argument, 5 minutes to readWhy autistic characters on screen are pushed to look more autisticAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Debate, 5 minutes to readTammie Sinclair warned that a special interest made into work could be lostTammie Sinclair, Rebecca McCash
- Argument, 4 minutes to readFunctioning labels can describe how others see autistic people, a Sydney panellist saidDr Judy Tang
- Practice, 4 minutes to readThe old excuse for not casting autistic actors was the set itselfAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Practice, 4 minutes to readColouring in without talking, and other lessons in neurodiversity affirming therapyAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Argument, 4 minutes to readEvery autistic writer in a panellist’s workshops had been told they could not writeAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Community voice, 4 minutes to readPrograms for late diagnosed autistic adults were scarce, a Sydney panel heardAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Practice, 5 minutes to readWhat the parent of an autistic adult was told to look for, and avoidTammie Sinclair
- Policy call, 4 minutes to readA speaker asked why Australia lacked an autism strategy like Ireland’sAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Argument, 3 minutes to readSandra Thom-Jones said autistic comedy depends on who is in on the jokeSandra Thom-Jones
- Lived experience, 4 minutes to readReaders’ letters led Sandra Thom-Jones to quit her university job and writeSandra Thom-Jones
- Practice, 5 minutes to readWorkplace adjustments should not wait on proof of disability, a Sydney panellist saidAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Debate, 5 minutes to readAutistic panellists disagreed on whether to call themselves proudly disabledAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Practice, 5 minutes to readAutistic led technology still has to be co-designed, a Melbourne panel heardAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Findings, 4 minutes to readVictoria’s refreshed autism plan lost sight of autistic owned enterprise, a panellist saidKyriakos Gold
- Lived experience, 4 minutes to readKaboose had no funding, then one TikTok video brought almost a thousand usersKyriakos Gold
- Argument, 4 minutes to readA panellist said light intolerance showed where the social model of disability stopsAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Practice, 5 minutes to readKarista’s founder said the mothers seeking help were often undiagnosed themselvesAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Debate, 5 minutes to readA Melbourne panel split on whether strategy funding would reach autistic led enterprisesKyriakos Gold
- Practice, 5 minutes to readA panellist said founder burnout was a problem funders should design forAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Policy call, 4 minutes to readA panellist described the NDIS and business advice as two worlds that never meetAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Lived experience, 4 minutes to readDiagnosed at 46, a panellist said self acceptance began with finding their peopleAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Argument, 5 minutes to readAn investor said investors should check their own bias before judging autistic foundersAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Policy call, 3 minutes to readPeer support was the autism strategy’s most promising idea, a working group member saidAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Lived experience, 4 minutes to readRikki said disclosure meant choosing between discrimination and being infantilisedAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Findings, 4 minutes to readAn autism strategy panel said its measures of success were still unfinishedAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Argument, 4 minutes to readThe autism strategy working group found no answer on federal and state responsibilityKyriakos Gold
- Community voice, 5 minutes to readAutistic founders described being shut out of the rooms where money movesAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Community voice, 5 minutes to readFounders told Autistic Pride Day their businesses were built for jobs and controlAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Practice, 5 minutes to readA founder asked how to reach ADHD users without exposing them to MetaAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Findings, 4 minutes to readSouth Australia’s autism reforms began as an election platform, a panellist saidAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Community voice, 5 minutes to readAutistic advocates at a strategy panel said change could start at councilKyriakos Gold
- Community voice, 4 minutes to readLost skills or known limits, a participant asked about life after diagnosisAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Practice, 4 minutes to readAn investor told autistic founders that hyperfocus answers the question investors askAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Lived experience, 4 minutes to readTurning down discriminatory clients is a choice some autistic people cannot affordAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Practice, 4 minutes to readRejection sensitivity and the long road of raising money as an autistic founderAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Debate, 4 minutes to readDisabled person or person with disability, autistic panellists answered a carer’s questionAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Policy call, 4 minutes to readA positive duty on systems, and the data case for neurodivergent foundersAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Debate, 5 minutes to readA panellist challenged the symposium’s own theme by defending the business costumeAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Argument, 5 minutes to readA panellist warned against building a segregated support system for autistic foundersAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Practice, 4 minutes to readSeek the community before the diagnosis, one panellist told the newly diagnosedAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Debate, 5 minutes to readA participant argued that a grant process that excludes anyone is wrongAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Practice, 5 minutes to readA panellist proposed effectuation for autistic founders in place of traditional business planningAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2024
- Lived experience, 4 minutes to readWhy grants and tenders are hard for an autistic founder to useRebecca McCash
- Argument, 4 minutes to readMental health professionals had a lot of unlearning to do, Dr Judy Tang saidDr Judy Tang
- Argument, 4 minutes to readNaomi Malone said allies could meet autistic people halfway across the bridgeDr Naomi Malone, Kyriakos Gold
- Argument, 4 minutes to readTwo psychologists told the symposium they would rather talk about support than treatmentKyriakos Gold, Dr Judy Tang and 1 more
- Practice, 4 minutes to readA practitioner said autism assessment had more entry points but no gold standardKyriakos Gold
- Debate, 5 minutes to readProfound autism, unheard carers and the fight over who is really autisticKyriakos Gold, Dr Judy Tang
- Argument, 4 minutes to readNeurotype, culture or disorder, the first symposium’s closing dialogue began with languageKyriakos Gold
- Argument, 4 minutes to readA panellist argued autism research had been built through a white, male, cisgender lensAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2023
- Argument, 4 minutes to readA panellist warned that anti trans politics was weaponising autism and gender identityAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2023
- Community voice, 4 minutes to readSome parents froze at the word autism, and others felt reliefAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2023
- Practice, 4 minutes to readA two hour talk can look functional and cost the speaker the dayAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2023
- Practice, 4 minutes to readAutistic panellists described allyship as work done with the real personAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2023
- Findings, 5 minutes to readA panellist warned of a lost generation of undiagnosed autistic seniorsKyriakos Gold
- Debate, 4 minutes to readNeurodiversity got a better hearing from employers than autism, a panellist saidAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2023
- Debate, 4 minutes to readPanellists said inclusion training puts the burden back on the communities it servesAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2023
- Lived experience, 4 minutes to readDiagnosed as adults, autistic practitioners weighed whether to say it out loudTamsin Jowett
- Argument, 5 minutes to readNeurodivergent practitioners challenged the idea that autistic people are poor at peoplingAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2023
- Argument, 5 minutes to readThe myth that autistic people cannot be psychologists persisted inside the professionDr Naomi Malone
- Argument, 4 minutes to readPractitioners said the DSM lagged behind what the autistic community already knewAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2023
- Practice, 5 minutes to readNeurodiversity affirming practice, and research that asks autistic children what workedRaelene Dundon
- Policy call, 5 minutes to readAutistic entrepreneurship was already in government plans, with no money behind itAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2023
- Argument, 5 minutes to readAutistic founders were told to learn the pitch and to build their own fundAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2023
- Lived experience, 4 minutes to readAn autistic founder said they were a lousy employee and a good entrepreneurAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2023
- Practice, 4 minutes to readBusiness advisers were steering autistic founders away from their interestsAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2023
- Lived experience, 4 minutes to readOpen plan offices pushed one autistic professional into businessAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2023
- Lived experience, 5 minutes to readAutistic founders described masking, bluntness and keeping clients happyDr Sharon Zivkovic, Kyriakos Gold
- Argument, 4 minutes to readA panellist said social enterprise should sit between human rights and businessAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2023
- Findings, 4 minutes to readA panellist took research to the doctor and flagged a gap on autistic ageingAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2023
- Community voice, 4 minutes to readFor autistic founders, pride meant special interests and the joy of each otherAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2023
- Practice, 5 minutes to readTwo autistic led programs built belonging around games and STEAMRebecca McCash
- Lived experience, 5 minutes to readChris Varney traced ICAN Network to a teacher who pushed him to tryChris Varney
- Debate, 4 minutes to readAustralia’s first Autistic Pride Day Symposium asked whether pride had come too earlyAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2023
- Community voice, 5 minutes to readParents felt relief when autistic children joined in, and relearned what socialising meantRebecca McCash
- Argument, 4 minutes to readPanellists predicted demand for autistic led programs and warned of burnout by 18Rebecca McCash
- Lived experience, 5 minutes to readAccommodations made for autistic workers help everyone, the first symposium heardAutistic Pride Day Symposium 2023
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- From the campaignAllyship is a verb. Not a badge.23 June 2026
- From the campaignOn being newly identified as Autistic.17 June 2026
- From the campaignThe numbers are not the story.16 June 2026
- From the campaignMedicine has not been kind.9 June 2026
- From the campaignAutism in later life.2 June 2026
- From the campaignAutism Went Mainstream. The Systems Did Not.1 June 2026
- From the campaignAutism and school. The first system to fail us.19 May 2026
- From the campaignAutistic Pride Day is no longer one day.19 May 2026
- From the campaignParenting an Autistic child. First, believe them.4 May 2026
- From the campaignAutistic parents.14 April 2026
- From the campaignAutistic children do not lack social skills. They have different ones.9 March 2026
- From the campaignNon speaking is not non thinking.9 February 2026
- From the campaignAutism and sleep. Why the night is loud.12 January 2026
- From the campaignAutism and the internet.1 December 2025
- From the campaignAutistic relationships. Love on our own terms.13 October 2025
- From the campaignAutistic culture.28 August 2025
- From the campaignAutistic special interests. The thing we are told to apologise for.22 July 2025
- From the campaignAutistic joy.24 June 2025
- From the campaignWhy pride.18 June 2025
- From the campaignAuDHD. The double rainbow.20 May 2025
- From the campaignAutism is a disability. We are not afraid of that word.22 April 2025
- From the campaignHow we think. And why it matters.27 March 2025
- From the campaignOn identity first language.24 February 2025
- From the campaignWe are not a disorder. We are a way of being human.3 February 2025
- From the campaignThe diagnosis story.14 January 2025
- From the campaignAutistic burnout is not a personal failing.16 September 2024
- From the campaignAugie. The AI Seat4 September 2024
- From the campaignCelebrate Autistic Pride Day with our Toolkit & Digital event4 September 2024
- From the campaignSave the date: Autistic Pride Symposium 2024 in Sydney!4 September 2024
- From the campaignThink Autism Conference and Community Workshops, Sydney4 September 2024
- From the campaignHow to unmask, and where.16 July 2024
- From the campaignOn masking. What it is, and what it costs.17 June 2024
- From the campaignJoin us for Autistic Pride Day Melbourne Symposium on 18 June '234 June 2024
- From the campaignWhat I wish I had known.27 May 2024
- From the campaignAutism and women. What the diagnostic tools missed.29 April 2024
- From the campaignThe Autistic Pride Day Symposium 2024 comes to Melbourne & Sydney4 April 2024
- From the campaignOn sensory experience.26 March 2024
- From the campaignTake Off The Mask This Autistic Pride Day4 March 2024
- From the campaignOn shutdowns. The quieter crisis.27 February 2024
- From the campaignYour meltdown is not a tantrum.23 January 2024