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17/03/2025

Share far and wide.

Teachers, we're easing the load.

I got this amazing idea from AIT's over in South Australia when they told me about a neurodiversity presentation they had created and shared to ease the load.

I *love* hearing from educators what they need to make doing this that much easier to incorporate into the curriculum, and this actively guides what I create here.

This Neurodiversity Celebration Week, if you've been looking for a resource to introduce neurodiversity into primary school classrooms, I've created a presentation with activities for you!

(It's all cute and colourful and fun too, with interactive activities!)

Head on over to the link below, pop your details in and I'll have it on its way shortly. (It's a manual process so bear with me)

https://www.onwardsandupwardspsychology.com.au/worksheets

We've got each other, yes? Together, towards inclusion.

05/03/2025

What if our thoughts are not faulty.
What if feelings cant "just" be thought away.
What if traditional cognitive approaches aren't meaningful to you or useful to you.

There are other ways to understand ourselves, our feelings, emotions, thinking patterns and behaviours. Understanding our body signals, and what that means for each individual person and then helping each person to develop their own strategies for emotional regulation is what interoception is all about.

Sharing Kelly Mahler's latest blog post and video for more information on this.
https://www.kelly-mahler.com/resources/blog/5-w
ays-interoception-can-update-mental-health-approaches/

Discover 5 ways interoception can transform mental health by centering body awareness, self-trust and personalized emotional regulation over thought-based fixes

22/02/2025

This information is from adhd mums facebook group

https://pca.st/episode/286d820c-9717-44ec-a74c-a216f1577ebc

I tried a couple of times to share their post but it did not work for me , so just pasting here :

🚨 THE NDIS CUTS ARE LIKE A TODDLER WITH SCISSORS – MESSY, DANGEROUS & NO ONE THOUGHT IT THROUGH 🚨

Thousands of kids are being quietly removed from the NDIS, and families are left scrambling while the government pats itself on the back for “fixing” the system. ****THIS ISN’T FIXING ANYTHING****. It’s just shoving vulnerable kids off a cliff and hoping no one notices.

And honestly? Most people DON’T notice. Because the families affected are too exhausted fighting for scraps to yell loud enough.

So let’s fix that.

🔥 HOW YOU CAN HELP (EVEN IF YOU’RE RUNNING ON COFFEE & MUM RAGE):

✅ FILL OUT THE NDIS IMPACT FORM – Whether you’re a parent, carer, or provider, this is about all of us. Submissions are de-identified and sent directly to the new NDIS Minister.
https://form.jotform.com/242968415771871

✅ EMAIL YOUR LOCAL MP (BEFORE THEY PRETEND THEY HAD NO IDEA) – Most MPs have zero clue how these cuts are wrecking real families. The blog below has email templates ready to go, so you don’t have to word-vomit an emotional breakdown into your inbox (been there). https://adhdmums.com.au/ndis-cuts-impact-families-australia/

✅ READ & SHARE THE BLOG – I break down exactly what’s happening, how bad it is, and what we can do. https://adhdmums.com.au/ndis-cuts-impact-families-australia/

✅ BLAST THIS EVERYWHERE – Post in ADHD & Autism Facebook groups, share it with your family, text it to your bestie, hell, train your dog to deliver leaflets. We need to be LOUD.

🎙 PREFER TO RAGE-LISTEN? The podcast episodes break it all down, no government fluff included:

🎧 LATEST EPISODE: THE NDIS CUTS – WHAT’S REALLY HAPPENING (feat. Nicole Rogerson, who is just as unimpressed as we are). https://open.spotify.com/episode/0qYymRG8Bc3uNlHTllR1gt?si=6jGDiQkBTf-g3w-ffdvJQg
🎧 NDIS DEEP DIVE EPISODE
https://open.spotify.com/episode/65Z8q9dvkKIopSZjgCCWMS?si=Qw20QDtpRtia-KKEXVNPhg

📢 The government’s got a budget to balance, and apparently, our kids are the line item they’re happy to erase. Not on our watch.

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12/02/2025

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