Neurokindred

30/04/2026

29/04/2026

🕯️Autistic Lived Experience Peer Professionals Support Group is on today-Saturday 2nd May
4.30-6.00PM (Brisbane/Melb/Syd/TAS -AEST)
4.00-5.30PM (Adelaide-ACST)
3-3.30PM (Perth-AWST)

These run on the first Saturday of the month
Cindy & Linda will be your facilitators
Cost: Free
Book Online: https://neurokindred.com/bookings/

Agenda:
Acknowledgement of Country
'Sharing the Air' Group Guidelines
Intros and checkins (chat or 'pass' is fine)
Group discussion on whatever members would like to ask, share or explore together.
Flyer & Close

Please let us know if you have any questions or discussion topics you would like to introduce to the group.

29/04/2026

The 🕹️Video Game Hangout for Autistics is on today-Saturday 2nd May
Ages: 15+ (or adult accompanied)

Time:
1:00-2:30pm (Brisbane/Syd/Melb/TAS-AEST)
12.30-2pm (Adelaide-ACDT)
11.00am-12.30pm (Perth-AWST)

These run on the First Saturday of the month
Mason will be your facilitator.
Cost: Free
Book online: https://neurokindred.com/bookings/

Description:
A relaxed peer space to connect through gaming. At the start we’ll share what games everyone is playing and what you’d like to get out of the session. Towards the end we’ll check in on how it went—what worked, what didn’t, and what you discovered.

You’re welcome to play the same game as others or something completely different – Minecraft, indie favourites, or whatever you enjoy. Conversation can be light or minimal; it’s fine just to hang out alongside each other. Screen sharing is welcome (please keep content safe-for-work).

Join the Discord server if you want to screenshare or just discuss the games you like in between sessions: https://discord.gg/x84HzHyf

25/04/2026

📖Decolonising Therapy Book Club for Autistic Counsellors & Psychotherapists is on Tuesday
When: Tuesday April 28th
Time:
1-2pm (Brisbane/Melb/Syd/Tas/ACT-AEST)
12.30-1.30pm (Adelaide/NT-ACST)
11am-12pm (Perth-AWST)

Linda & Sean (chat) will be your co-facilitators for the session.
Cost: Free
Book online: https://www.neurokindred.com/bookings

Book: Decolonizing Therapy by Dr Jennifer Mullens.
Session 3--Chapter 2-Emotional-Decolonial Work
To guide the discussion we will look at “6 questions to help you think” from the Decolonising Therapy Discussion Workbook (page 13)

6 QUESTIONS To help you think
1. Do you or your family have a migration story?
2. Have you ever been told lies about your culture, race or ancestors? Which kinds?
3. How is trauma and colonization related?
4. What does it mean to identify as grandchildren of traumatised grandparents?
5. What does it mean to identify as children of traumatised parents?
6. Why is decolonization important?
a. What would be the consequences of not talking about colonization, on a personal, political and intergenerational level?
b. Are there any current day events that may be products of collective colonial avoidance?

Link to the Decolonizing Therapy Book Guide (details required: name. email, Neurokindred Book Club): https://decolonizingtherapy.myflodesk.com/book-guide

From then, we will cover one chapter a month.
(daylight savings ends)
Tuesday 26th May- Chapter 3-From Lobotomies to Liberation
Tuesday 23rd June - Chapter 4-Diagnostic Enslavement
Tuesday 28th July - Chapter 5- From Historical Trauma to Healing the Collective Soul Wound
Tuesday 25th Aug- Chapter 6: Intergenerational Trauma Transmission
Tuesday 22nd Sept - Chapter 7: Ancestral Roots in Mental Health
Tuesday 27th Oct - Chapter 8: Collective Grief and Sacred Rage as Expressions of Colonization
Tuesday 24th Nov - Chapter 9: From the Inside out: Energetic Boundaries
Tuesday 22nd Dec - Chapter 10: Politicizing you Practice

25/04/2026

🌷Autistic Women & Non-Binary Peer Support Group is on Monday

When: Monday 27th April
Time:
6-7.30PM (Brisbane/Melb/Syd/TAS-AEST)
5.30-7PM (Adelaide/NT-ACST)
4-5.30PM (Perth-AWST)

Jess, Linda & Cindy will be your co-facilitators.
Cost: Free*
Always: Fourth Monday
Questions: linda@neurokindred.com
Book online: https://neurokindred.com/bookings/

Agenda:
Intros and checkins (chat or ‘pass’ is fine)
Group discussion on whatever members would like to ask, share or explore together.
5 mins before the end-Flyers and announcements.

*All Neurokindred Peer Groups are Autistic-led, lived experience centred and free of charge. We are delivering some of our peer support programs with the NDIA Peer Support and Capacity Building Grant for the NDIA

21/04/2026

💡 Autistic Social Entrepreneurs Discussion Group is on this Thursday
When: Thursday 23rd April
Time:
7.00-8.15PM (Bris/Syd/Melb/TAS-AEST)
6.30-7.45PM (Adelaide/Darwin-ACST)
5.00-6.15pm (Perth-AWST)

These run on the Fourth Thursday of the month
Linda and Jess (alt) will be your facilitator.
Cost: Free
Book online: https://neurokindred.com/bookings

Agenda:
-Acknowledgement of Country & 'Sharing the Air' Group Guideline
-Intros (oral, chat or 'no thank you')-name, pronouns (optional), your social enterprise or idea.
-Why you came today (new)
-Has anything happened in your social enterprise in the last two weeks you'd like to share?
-Discussion (details below)
-Flyer for ASE shared at 5 mins before the end and Neurokindred other groups and projects promo

Discussion:
What are you trying to change, create, or respond to through your social enterprise (or idea)?
What lived experience is shaping your social enterprise purpose, and how is that influencing what you’re creating?
What tensions are you noticing between your values (social purpose) and the systems you have to work within?

Quote: Dr Sharon Zivkovic (2024) argues “Autistic owned and led businesses that align with the mission of the neurodiversity movement are by definition social enterprises”.

Inspired by Dr Sharon Zivkovic’s Program for Autistic Innovators, Systemisers & Social Entrepreneurs’ (link below), this Discussion space was started as an addition to the developing ecosystem for supporting Autistic Social Entrepreneurs. We welcome alumni of the course and Autistic Social Entrepreneurs at any stage on their journey.

Autistic Social Entrepreneurs are the experts of our unique ways of working and conceptualising. This is a community space for sharing about our projects/businesses/innovations/products/ideas, helpful resources and our unique ways of working.

This group will be co-created and is focused on shared community learning and peer support. It will be evolving in response to the needs of the group as all Neurokindred groups do-so please think about what you need from this space and also what support you can offer to others.
We are all in this together.

Centre for Autistic Social Entrepreneurship: https://www.communitycapacity.com.au/autistic-social-entrepreneurship

20/04/2026

I thought I’d share a little about why peer groups focused on these particular intersecting experiences are so very necessary.

Religious trauma takes place in relationship, in community, in families-usually unidentified neurodivergent families-places where betrayal cuts deep and trust in others is forever affected. As such it is ‘in relationship’ that reclaiming and healing needs to occur.

Whilst I believe therapeutic work is powerful and needed-I trully feel the corrective group/community relational experience is incredibly necessary. It certainly was and is for me.

But what can that look like, feel like, be like-how can ‘counter-conditions’ be created so maybe the possibility of connecting can occur? Can community exist without coercion, without ‘group think’, without surveillance, without obligation?

Peer groups offer the flattened power structure that can be conducive to these conditions. Facilitated space where everyone is unpacking and detangling.
A shared experience of deconstruction and reclaimation.
And memes-always relatable memes, and songs and art that help lighten and ground.

Those are some initial thoughts and I have shared more here: https://youtu.be/7khfZaK1vkY?si=XtO448vHwwjObI7_

🤘🏽Stay Blasphemous: Autistics with Religious Trauma Peer Support Group
When: Thursday 23rd April
Time:
9-10am (Brisbane/Melbourne/Sydney/TAS-AEST)
8.30-9.30am (Adelaide-ACDT)
7-8am (Perth-AWST)

Always: Fourth Thursday of the month
Facilitators: Linda & Niki Jones of Healing Craft Coaching
Cost: Free
Book online: https://www.neurokindred.com/bookings

20/04/2026

🥄Autistic Spoonies: Autistics with Chronic Illness Peer Support group is on Friday 24th April
Time:
1-2.30pm (Brisbane, Vic, NSW, TAS-AEST)
12.30-2pm (Adelaide, NT-ACST)
11am-12.30pm (Perth-AWST)

Facilitator: Dr Simone Kolysh of Defiant Life Coaching
Recurring: Second Wednesday & fourth Friday of the month
Cost: Free*
Questions: linda@neurokindred.com
Book online: www.neurokindred.com/bookings

*All Neurokindred peer groups are Autistic-led and free of charge. Our peer support groups are delivered with funding from the NDIA Peer Support and Capacity Building Grant.

18/04/2026

This week at Neurokindred we have the following:
Autistic peer-led:
-peer support groups
-discussion group
-SpIns group & play date
Autistic professional-led:
-group practice spaces
-drop-in
All peer-led & professional-led groups are free*.
Book online: https://www.neurokindred.com/bookings

🦋Autistic Counsellors & Psychotherapists with Linda & Sonia
When: Monday 20th April
Time: 6-7.30pm (Brisbane-AEST)
Always: First Monday

🧱Building Wellbeing: Lego & Construction SpIns Group & Play Date with Karen K
When: Tuesday 21st April
Time: 6-7.30pm (Brisbane-AEST)
Always: Third Tuesday

🌈Colour Me Autistic
When: Wednesday 22nd April
Always: Fourth Wednesday
Time: 11am-12pm (Brisbane-AEST)

🙆🏽‍♀️Tapping Topics: EFT Tapping Group Practice Spaces with Melody
When: Wednesday 22nd April
Always: Fourth Wednesday
Time: 1-2.30pm (Brisbane-AEST)

🤘🏽Stay Blasphemous: Autistic WNB+ with Religious Trauma with Linda & Niki Jones of Healing Craft Coaching
When: Thursday 23rd April
Always: Fourth Thursday
Time: 9-10am (Brisbane-AEST)

💡Autistic Social Entrepreneurs Discussion Group
When: Thursday 23rd April
Always: Fourth Thursday
Time: 7.00-8.15pm (Brisbane-AEST)

📎DE Drop-in with Developmental Educator & Teacher Jade Lee
When: Friday 24th April
Always: Fourth Friday
Time: 9-11am (Brisbane-AEST)

🥄Autistic Spoonies: Autistics with co-occurring Chronic Illness with Dr Simone Kolysh of Defiant Life Coaching
When: Friday 24th April
Always: Fourth Friday
Time: 1-2.30pm (Brisbane-AEST)

🙆🏽‍♀️Tap the Week Away: EFT Tapping Group Practice Space with Melody
When: Friday 24th April
Always: Fourth Friday
Time: 3-3.30pm (Brisbane-AEST)

🎩Autistic Men & Non-Binary+ Peer Support Group with Mason
When: Saturday 25th April
Always: Fourth Saturday
Time: 1-2pm (Brisbane-AEST)

New Groups EOI
💼Autistic Corporate Professionals Peer Support
📖Autistic Culture Study Hub
EOI: linda@neurokindred.com

Neurokindred Peer Groups calendar link: https://lnkd.in/gq6mPsBC

*All Neurokindred Peer Groups are Autistic-led, lived experience centred and free of charge. We are delivering some of our peer support programs with the NDIA Peer Support and Capacity Building Grant for the NDIA.

17/04/2026

🫶🏽Tapping Topics: EFT Tapping for NDs on specific topics is on next Wednesday
Topic: Body changes with aging
When: Wednesday 22nd April
Time:
1-2.30pm (AEST-Brisbane/Syd/Melb/Tas)
12.30-2pm (ACST-Adelaide/NT)
11-12.30pm (AWST-Perth)

These run on the fourth Wednesday of the month
Mental Health Specialist & EFT Practitioner, Melody Edwardson of Wellbeing Wise will be your facilitator.
Cost: Free
Book online: https://neurokindred.com/bookings/

These will be recorded for people who cannot attend live.
Melody will:
-share on the topic and how EFT can help
-discuss ND adaptations
-demonstrate
-then support group practice.

17/04/2026

🧱Building Wellbeing: Lego and construction kits SpIns group for Autistic adults with Karen K

When: Tuesday 21st April
6.00pm - 7.30pm (AEST - QLD, NSW, Vic, Tas)
5.30pm - 7.00pm (ACST - SA, NT)
4.00pm - 5.30pm (AWST - WA)

Cost: Free
Queries: linda@neurokindred.com
Book online: https://www.neurokindred.com/bookings

Building includes Lego (and variants), construction kits, miniatures, crafting etc.
Bring it all along and build, deconstruct, chat or not in community.
Got questions or a project in mind and want some ideas?
Excited about a new build project and want to share to an appreciative audience?
Are you a beginner (like me) who wants to try something new in a supportive environment?
Do you just need a 'time out' from the 'busy' to relax in community?
Crafting, colouring, fibre arts, construction…all activities welcome.