Autism Understanding

24/08/2026

The 2-day Neurodivergent Clinician Symposium brings together a vibrant all-neurodivergent line-up of medical and allied health professionals, sharing practical neurodiversity affirming approaches and the latest clinical tools.

Join the waitlist to hear about future symposium announcements. You can also watch a one-minute symposium video and purchase recordings from last year's event.

Learn more:
https://www.autismunderstanding.com.au/symposium

20/08/2026

Looking for a course that helps you better support autistic students in the classroom? Our online learning is practical, affirming, and created for teachers, learning support staff, and school executives in mainstream and special education settings.
Enrol in the Supporting Autistic Students course today.

Learn more:
https://www.autismunderstanding.com.au/supporting-autistic-students-course

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17/08/2026

Autistic social communication styles, need for predictable routines, and sensory differences can show up in our relationships, intimacy, and s*x.

Learn practical tools for understanding communication preferences and relationship styles, and for navigating consent conversations.

This 2-hour webinar with neurodivergent clinical psychologists, Lydia Meem and Zoe Semmler, is designed for Autistic individuals, couples, and therapists working with Autistic adolescents and adults.
Learn more:
https://www.autismunderstanding.com.au/products/187721-Webinar-Autism-Relationships-Intimacy

14/08/2026

Professional learning is even more valuable when you can apply it straight away. The Neurodivergent Clinician (NAC) Membership Hub includes CPD webinars, de-identified sample reports and letters, case studies, downloadable resources and practical tools to support neurodiversity affirming clinical practice.

Join the membership:
https://www.autismunderstanding.com.au/nac

11/08/2026

Autistic burnout, ADHD burnout, and School Can't can affect learning, employment, wellbeing and daily life in profound ways. This on-demand webinar explores how to better recognise, prevent and respond to burnout through a neurodiversity affirming lens.

Learn more:
https://www.autismunderstanding.com.au/products/217607-Webinar-Preventing-and-Managing-Autistic

06/08/2026

Writing neurodiversity affirming autism assessment reports can feel complex, especially when meeting the needs of funding bodies and balancing clinical accuracy with respectful, strengths-based language. This course is designed to support clinicians with practical guidance for conducting and documenting affirming autism assessments.

Learn more:
https://www.autismunderstanding.com.au/affirming-autism-assessments-course

02/08/2026

Creating inclusive learning environments starts with understanding neurodivergent learners. The Engaging Neurodivergent Learners webinar series brings together neurodivergent educators and health professionals to share practical, whole-school approaches that support meaningful participation and learning.

Learn more:
https://www.autismunderstanding.com.au/engaging-neurodivergent-learners-webinar-series

27/07/2026

Do you offer autism assessments?

Beyond DSM for Autism helps you:
• Identify more subtle internalised presentations of autism
• Understand where the neurodiversity affirming movement comes from
• Consider how you can make each step of the assessment process both accurate and affirming.

Join the waitlist for Lydia Meem's upcoming clinician handbook and be among the first to hear when it becomes available.

Learn more: https://www.autismunderstanding.com.au/beyond-dsm-for-autism

27/07/2026

Neurodivergent Clinician Symposium was such a great chance to learn from neurodivergent medical and allied health professionals, to meet neurokin in person in a sensory friendly space, and to dive deeper into neurodiversity affirming practice.

Join the Waitlist this week for Neurodivergent Clinician Symposium 2027 and go in the draw for a free Super Early Bird Ticket!

I'll be drawing the winner on Sunday at the College of Clinical Neuropsychologists Conference in Hobart, so be on the waitlist to win your ticket.

It's not too late to catch up on the recordings from our 2025 Neurodivergent Clinician Symposium. You can join the waitlist and purchase the recordings here:

Neurodivergent Clinician Symposium-hosted by Lydia Meem.

20/04/2026

Happy to be part of the League of Affirming Pyschologists and Affirming Colleagues (LOAPAC), and to be speaking and exhibiting at the LOAPAC Expo at the Neurodiversity Affirming Therapy Conference Australian (NATCA) in July. Come by and have a chat with me.