Sonya Berry Occupational Therapist

03/12/2025

EXCLUSIVE: Funding and support plans for national disability insurance scheme participants will be generated by a computer program and staff will have no discretion to amend them, under a major overhaul of the NDIS to be rolled out next year, Guardian Australia can reveal.

Under the changes, human involvement in deciding support for NDIS participants will be dramatically reduced.

17/11/2025

This morning on our Facebook we welcomed the opening for discussion by The Independent around what DCD is. We wrote about what really sits behind these terms including:

• DCD is the broad umbrella.
• Dyspraxia describes specific sensory motor presentations and research identified patterns within that umbrella.
• Identifying dyspraxia helps therapists provide targeted, meaningful support that respects each person’s individuality and strengths

This isn’t the first time we’ve talked about DCD. Last month we published an article on our website titled ‘Beyond the Diagnosis: Why DCD Awareness Must Include the Senses’ following on from a recent publication by Meachon and De Roubaix.

💭 At ASI Wise we agree that there is a need for better awareness, clearer pathways to support, and a united effort across education, healthcare and research. However, we also believe that we need an understanding of the sensory foundations of coordination and praxis, and that awareness without sensory insight can never be enough.

Visit our website to read our new article on this topic, where we outline why DCD awareness must include the senses, and explore the steps needed for real change.

Read our article here:👉https://sensoryproject.org/2025/10/09/beyond-the-diagnosis-why-dcd-awareness-must-include-the-senses/

Read The Independent article here: 👉 https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/dcd-dyspraxia-meaning-symptoms-adhd-b2862603.html

09/11/2025

09/11/2025

Carer Gateway is an Australian Government program providing free services and support for unpaid carers.

If you care for a loved one, family member or friend, you can check your eligibility for Carer Gateway support services on the Carer Gateway website. You just need to answer 3 quick questions to see if you qualify.

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23/08/2025

2 games from therapy this week. Why use games and play?
Intrinsically motivating but still challenging. Facilitates focus, social skills, rules, persistence, problem solving, logic, improve fine motor skills, impulse control, frustration, social communication, emotional regulation, planning, memory and sensory tolerances.