Rebecca Flower

Hi Eleanor, thanks for your interest! The article is currently free to download from the journal website for a few days.

There is no specific starting point, and all principles involve ongoing learning, adaptation, and reflection. We hope is a springboard for understanding and operationalising the neuroaffirming movement in psychology.

7) Genuine acceptance and appreciation of autism: The psychologist demonstrates a genuine acceptance & nuanced understanding of neurodiversity. They take a strengths-based approach when working with Autistic clients.

6) Autistic informed person-centered support: The client is supported to reach their goals and is assisted in advocating for themselves.

5) Validation of Autistic experiences: The psychologist believes and validates the Autistic client’s experiences. The client is seem as the expert in their life.

4) Authenticity and humility in practice: The psychologist is self-reflective and open to learning from their clients. They are sincere, genuine, and nonjudgmental.

3) Finding a way to communicate: The psychologist takes the time to understand how their client communicates and works to find a shared way to communicate.

2) Providing safety to be one’s Autistic self: The psychologist works to provide a space where an Autistic client can feel safe to be their genuine Autistic self (physically and psychologically).

These are (in brief) 1) A commitment to continued learning about autism: The psychologist has a nuanced understanding of autism, and a commitment to continued learning. This includes learning from resources developed by Autistic people.

Together with a group of 28 experts- Autistic adults and Autistic and non-autistic psychologists (many of whom co-wrote this paper), we developed 7 principles of neurodiversity affirming psychology practice

This term is used even more frequently now, and has been included in national guidelines in Australia. We set out to use the Delphi methodology to define neurodiversity affirming support in the context of psychologists working with Autistic adult clients in Australia.

When we set out to conduct the study in 2022, the term #NeurodiversityAffirming was starting to be used in the psychology profession. However, there was no consensus about what this term means.

New paper alert! Our collaborative study “Defining Neurodiversity Affirming Psychology Practice for Autistic Adults: A Delphi Study Integrating Psychologist and Client Perspectives” was recently published in @autisminadulthood.bsky.social Free until June 23!

Co-Founder of Yes! Access, Tara Cunningham, shares why we are here and why we all need to share our stories.
#YesAccess is now officially LIVE! Visit our website to be a part of the change, one story at a time. #YesAccess #KeepItReal #WhatsYourStory.

"together we will make our way forward with no one held back and no one left behind" - such a respectful and uplifting speech from our (just re-elected) PM Albo! #auspol

Thanks for your conference coverage - it's so helpful for those of us who couldn't attend!

Thanks for your coverage of the panel and conference Aimee- it's so helpful for those of us who couldn't make it to INSAR this year!

Come and work with us at @autisminadulthood.bsky.social!

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Ask us about Autism in Adulthood at #INSAR2025!

We would love to talk to you. Look out for our badges and share your views about our journal @autisminadulthood.bsky.social 👇

When autism researchers from all sorts of disciplines, paradigms, methodologies, politics, and worldviews agree, you know the threats to science and to autistic people have gotten way outside the bounderies of typical scientific debate.
www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Check out our fantastic special issue in @autisminadulthood.bsky.social on post-secondary education!

Came across this silo art on my way to La Trobe Mildura- I love the silo art in regional Vic! The logistics and talent amaze me every time I see one up close.

Photo of large letters in front of a building spelling La Trobe. Surrounded by gum trees

It's lovely to be back on campus teaching in person classes for Semester 1! (even though the weather still feels like summer & is a bit hot for my liking)

what a great idea!

Looking forward to reading!

Looking forward to reading!

We're really excited to see the toolkit be published, and hope it's helpful.

We developed the toolkit for employers in the Victorian public sector (Australia). However it can be used by anyone.

The toolkit offers simple, practical information for employers to use as a starting point for supporting neurodivergent employees

We worked in partnership with the Victorian Public Sector Commission to develop the toolkit. We developed it as a neurodiverse team, with contribution from a range of people with lived & professional experience (and reviewing the academic literature)