Neuroinclusion

06/11/2025

🌿 Meet Kate, our incredible Senior Occupational Therapist here at Neuroinclusion!

She’s a proud boy mama, coffee drinker, and animal lover who also volunteers her time helping wildlife 🦘

🏆 When she’s not supporting clients or rescuing animals, you’ll find her swimming, cheering on her favourite AFL and ice hockey teams, or championing our staff wellbeing initiatives 💫

We’re so lucky to have Kate’s compassion, calm energy, and leadership on our team! ☕💙

04/11/2025

✨Tasks To Try To Increase Dopamine✨

Dopamine is our brain’s “feel-good” chemical that helps with motivation, focus, and joy. Here are some simple ways to give it a natural boost ⬇️

🍳 Cook & eat your favourite food and drinks
🎲 Play your favourite card or board games
🎬 Watch your favourite movie or TV show
📸 Reminisce about your favourite memories
🌿 Visit your favourite place or environment
🎨 Engage in hobbies & creative tasks you love
🎶 Listen, sing, or dance to your favourite music
🗣 Socialise with a trusted friend about favourite topics
🏃‍♀️ Move your body in a way that feels pleasurable

Sometimes the little things make the biggest difference 💛

01/11/2025

✨ Sneak peek of our mood board for our brand new Osborne Park clinic! ✨

This space has been thoughtfully co-designed and co-created by our neurodiverse team. Every texture, tone and detail has been chosen with purpose. 🌈

Accessibility, practicality and inclusion are the foundations of everything we do, and our new clinic will truly reflect that. A place where everyone feels safe, seen and supported for both our clients and our team. 🧠

We can’t wait to bring this vision to life and welcome our community into this affirming space soon! 💫

What things would help make this space welcoming for you? ✅

31/10/2025

✨ Occupational Therapy Week 2025 ✨

Whilst it may look like we play all day, our work as Occupational Therapists goes far beyond the therapy room 💛

Behind every sensory bin, goal sheet, and smile is hours of:
📚 Continuous learning & training
🔍 Reading, analysing & applying research
🤝 Meetings with families, funding agencies & professionals
💻 Invoicing, documenting & writing reports
📚 Creating, cleaning & tracking therapy resources
🗣️ Advocating for our clients
💬 Collaborating with our admin & leadership teams
🧠 Scoring & interpreting assessments
🎯 Goal setting & evaluating progress
🛠️ Trialling new equipment
🗓️ Planning sessions that are meaningful and fun

At Neuroinclusion, we’re proud to do it all with curiosity, compassion, and creativity 🌈🏆

Tag your favourite OTs in the comments 🏷️

29/10/2025

27/10/2025

Still pinching ourselves 🤏

Feeling so deeply honoured and privileged that Neuroinclusion has been awarded Reimagine Australia’s Australian Small Organisation of the Year 2025! 🇦🇺✨

This recognition means so much more than a title. It represents a powerful movement. A shift toward neurodiversity-affirming, inclusive, and authentic support for neurodiversity to thrive 🧠

I’m beyond proud of what our small and growing team has created a space where lived experience is valued, advocacy is action, and everyone is encouraged to show up as their true selves. 🏆

Thank you to my incredible team, family, and community. Your belief, passion, and heart make this all possible. 💫

This is just the beginning. Here’s to continuing to reimagine what inclusion can look like. 🌿

27/10/2025

🌿 What is Occupational Therapy? 🌿

🧠 It’s more than handwriting and fine motor skills. It’s an allied health profession that supports people with the activities that occupy their lives.

💫 We focus on what matters most to you. We know the everyday things are what make you who you are.

OTs support people to engage in:
🎨 Recreational activities and hobbies
😴 Sleep quality and quantity
🛍️ Shopping, financial management, and community access
📚 Academic, educational, and employment tasks
🧼 Self-care and personal hygiene
🤝 Social activities and interactions
🏡 Household maintenance and cleaning

This OT Week, let’s celebrate the impact of occupational therapy. This includes empowering people to participate, connect, and thrive in their meaningful occupations. 🌈

24/10/2025

✨ Sensory Rooms Are A Regulation Tool But It’s How They’re Used That Counts ✨

🧠 Sensory rooms can be a powerful support when thoughtfully designed. However, they’re not the ultimate solution for every neurodivergent person. Like any tool, it’s not about the room’s presence or aesthetics, it’s about how it’s used, who it’s designed with, and it’s accessibility.

Here’s why sensory rooms alone can fall short 👇

6️⃣ They become linked only to autism excluding other neurotypes who may benefit.
5️⃣ They’re rarely co-designed or individualised, meaning they may not meet actual sensory needs.
4️⃣ They can isolate Autistic people rather than promote belonging in shared spaces.
3️⃣ They’re often not accessible across ages or developmental levels.
2️⃣ They require extra transitions which can increase dysregulation.
1️⃣ They usually lack a proactive approach to sensory regulation throughout the day.

🌈 True inclusion means embedding sensory supports into every environment, not isolating them to one room.

23/10/2025

✨Instead of:
Minimising 🫢
Rationalising 🧠
Dismissing 🚫
Redirecting 🔄

Try this:
Recognising 👀
Validating 💬
Allowing 🫶
Investigating 🔍

When someone is overwhelmed, shut down, or expressing big emotions, our role isn’t to make the feeling go away, it’s to make it safe to exist.

Whether you’re a therapist, educator, parent, or friend, curiosity and compassion always regulate better than control. 🧠

Share these tools so we can support a of neurodiversity to thrive 🌍

20/10/2025

📚 Teachers & School Staff – Boost Your Inclusive Practice! 🌟

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✅ Includes a short test + certificate of attendance
✅ Practical strategies for supporting Autistic, ADHD, and other neurodivergent students

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📝 Create classrooms where every student can thrive

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Unlock the full potential of neurodivergent primary school students with our comprehensive, neurodiversity-affirming support program. Designed

19/10/2025

🌈 Neurodiversity Training for Primary Educators 🌈

Every classroom includes neurodivergent learners and when teachers understand how to support them, everyone thrives. 💫

In this professional learning experience, you’ll learn how to:
✨ Understand the neurodiversity paradigm and use strength-based language
✨ Support sensory, attention, and regulation differences
✨ Create inclusive, neuroaffirming classroom environments
✨ Move away from compliance-based approaches
✨ Celebrate every learner’s authentic way of being

Empower your team to teach differently and build classrooms where all children feel safe, capable, and included. 💜

💬 Comment “Neuroaffirming” below to receive your exclusive discount code to access our new training!

17/10/2025

What would you add? 👇

Things I’m scared of as a neurodivergent occupational therapist:
⚠️ Disabled people’s human rights being violated and disregarded
⚠️ Compliance-based goals that push neurotypical social skills over authentic connection
⚠️ People still striving to cure neurodivergence instead of understanding it
⚠️ The ongoing loss of autonomy for disabled people under the guise of “care”
⚠️ The lack of understanding around the complexity of intersectionality within neurodiversity

✅ These fears remind me why advocacy, education, and neuroaffirming practice matter so deeply. This is because real inclusion means safety, choice, and respect for every neurotype. 💛

✨ If this resonates, share this post to help more people understand what true neuroinclusion looks like.