Therapist
Neurodiversity
Collective

Therapist
Neurodiversity
Collective

Inc.         

Inc.

Therapy Advocacy Education

Established January 2018

Neurodiversity is “…the diversity of human brains and minds – the infinite variation in neurocognitive functioning within our species.”  “Neurodiversity is a biological fact. It’s not a perspective, an approach, a belief, a political position, or a paradigm.” 
Dr. Nick Walker

The Neurodiversity Movement is a Human Rights Movement. “The Neurodiversity Movement says that people with brain-based disabilities (like autism, intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, or mental health disabilities) should be accepted and included in society just like neurotypical people (people without brain-based disabilities).” –  Autistic Self Advocacy Network

Therapist Neurodiversity Collective, Inc. is an international neurodiversity-affirming therapy, education, and advocacy organization

that was founded on January 11, 2018.

What we do:

✦ Champion a transformative vision of acceptance and equitable inclusion for autistic, other-neurodivergent, and other-disabled people.

✦ Offer unparalleled, free and affordable public education that upholds the value of neurodiversity, highlighting contemporary autism research, trauma-informed practices, and methodologies built on presuming competence and upholding dignity and human rights.

✦ Foster partnerships and professional growth for our therapist members aligned with the neurodiversity paradigm.

An Autistic-led organization, the Collective’s work is focused on aligning therapy and education practices within a neurodiversity-affirming paradigm rooted in the Neurodiversity Movement’s goal to protect the rights and welfare of autistic and other neurodivergent people. We champion self-determination and promote self-esteem.  We honor personal agency, body autonomy, sensory system needs, social communication authenticity, and an autistic/neurodivergent person’s right to say “No”.

Therapist Neurodiversity Collective is unapologetically ABA-free and we don’t train social skills. Dehumanizing, compliance-based practices have been linked to poor mental health outcomes and increased suicidality in autistic adults. 

Therapists who are aligned with Therapist Neurodiversity Collective are credentialed and licensed pro-neurodiversity-focused, trauma-informed providers, wholly allied with the Neurodiversity Movement as a Human Rights Movement. We believe that therapists and educators shouldn’t try to “normalize” autistic and other-neurodivergent people at the expense of their emotional, physical, and psychological well-being. 

We are activists centered on flipping the autism narrative, impacting radical changes in therapy and education practices, and championing autistic and other neurodivergent human rights.

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Therapist Neurodiversity Collective

A therapy, education, & advocacy collaborative run by an Autistic SLP.
https://linktr.ee/therapistndc

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Oh yeah... I was on a podcast last week 🎙️😃 with @telepractice_today

Apple: rb.gy/u3rp7h
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1gbrQMDR06oVKrw7jMcVQl
Amazon Music: rb.gy/nikzba
Audible: rb.gy/faqnbr
3C Digital Media Network: www.3cdigitalmedianetwork.com/telepractice-today-podcast

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Text: New Episode. Telepractice Today Podcast. Episode 181: Julie Roberts Discusses Neurodiversity-Affirming Care. Hosted by Kim Dutro Allen & K. Todd Houston, PhD. Telepractice Today is the only podcast devoted entirely to telepractice service delivery. Sponsored by Presence. 3C Digital Media Network. www.3digitalmediannetwork.com/telepractice-today-podcast.

#autism #autistic #therapist #ActuallyAutistic #OT #TNDC #SLP #slpeeps #slp2b #slplife #speechpathology #neurodiversity #AutismAcceptance #OTs #SLPs
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Oh yeah... I was on a podcast last week 🎙️😃 with @telepractice_today 
Apple: https://rb.gy/u3rp7h
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1gbrQMDR06oVKrw7jMcVQl
Amazon Music: https://rb.gy/nikzba
Audible: https://rb.gy/faqnbr
3C Digital Media Network: https://www.3cdigitalmedianetwork.com/telepractice-today-podcast
Image Description: Smiling photo of me (middle aged white woman) at the beach. Blonde hair, green eyes. There is a graphic of a microphone in green below the photo.
Text: New Episode. Telepractice Today Podcast. Episode 181: Julie Roberts Discusses Neurodiversity-Affirming Care. Hosted by Kim Dutro Allen & K. Todd Houston, PhD. Telepractice Today is the only podcast devoted entirely to telepractice service delivery. Sponsored by Presence. 3C Digital Media Network.  www.3digitalmediannetwork.com/telepractice-today-podcast.
 #autism #autistic #therapist #ActuallyAutistic #OT #TNDC #SLP #slpeeps #slp2b #slplife #speechpathology #neurodiversity #AutismAcceptance #OTs #SLPs

🧠🚫 "Neurodiversity-Lite: When 'Experts' Lead the Way" – a critical look at the new "Professional Certification in the Fundamentals of Neurodiversity." The authors fail to truly embrace neurodiversity and sideline the very voices the certification aims to represent.
😬 Autistic and other neurodivergent individuals are merely quoted in the modules, not actively involved in shaping this certification.
😨 Worse still, the language used is disrespectful, stigmatizing, and dehumanizing, undermining the dignity of those it discusses.
🙁 Moreover, key fundamentals crucial for such a certification are glaringly absent.

📢 It's time professionals demand more than just surface-level understanding and tokenistic gestures for the people we purport to serve - especially for a "Certification in the Fundamentals of Neurodiversity." 🙄

Real change comes from listening to and valuing neurodivergent voices! Therapist Neurodiversity Collective challenges these half-measures and advocates for genuine, respectful inclusion. 📣❤ - Julie, AuSLP

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#NeurodiversityMatters #InclusionFail #autistic #SLPs #actuallyautistic #neurodiversityacceptance #therapist #OT #neurodiversityaffirming #neurodivergent #OTs #ot #neurodiversitymovement #ActuallyAutistic #SLP #autism #TNDC #AutisticRights
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🧠🚫 Neurodiversity-Lite: When Experts Lead the Way – a critical look at the new Professional Certification in the Fundamentals of Neurodiversity. The authors fail to truly embrace neurodiversity and sideline the very voices the certification aims to represent. 
😬 Autistic and other neurodivergent individuals are merely quoted in the modules, not actively involved in shaping this certification. 
😨 Worse still, the language used is disrespectful, stigmatizing, and dehumanizing, undermining the dignity of those it discusses. 
🙁 Moreover, key fundamentals crucial for such a certification are glaringly absent.
📢 Its time professionals demand more than just surface-level understanding and tokenistic gestures for the people we purport to serve - especially for a Certification in the Fundamentals of Neurodiversity. 🙄
 Real change comes from listening to and valuing neurodivergent voices! Therapist Neurodiversity Collective challenges these half-measures and advocates for genuine, respectful inclusion. 📣❤ - Julie, AuSLP
(Image description in alt text and in comments. )
 #NeurodiversityMatters #InclusionFail #autistic #SLPs #actuallyautistic #neurodiversityacceptance #therapist #OT #neurodiversityaffirming #neurodivergent #OTs #ot #neurodiversitymovement #ActuallyAutistic #SLP #autism #TNDC #AutisticRights

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Text and image description from Top to Bottom: Neurodiversity-Lite (When the “experts” take the lead.) Oehme, K., Bradley, L., Cameron, M., Perko, A., & Clark, J. (2023). Increasing multidisciplinary professionals' capacity to support neurodiverse families. Diversity & Inclusion Research, 1–24. doi.org/10.1002/dvr2.12003 Left side top: Image of a star that has a face. There is a thought bubble over it that says, "Hmmm. Sounds promising so far. The quote next to the star face says: “Persistent stigma surrounding neurodivergent people still exists. This article advocates for changes to societal systems to improve the well‐being of neurodivergent individuals and families, beginning with widespread awareness and support. We describe the 2023 development of Florida State University's (FSU) new online Professional Certification in the Fundamentals of Neurodiversity.” Text middle: "People with ASD often have narrow or highly specific interests and exhibit repetitive behaviors. They may also have unique ways of moving, learning, or paying attention. Some common indicators of ASD include social communication and interactions that appear inflexible or incongruent with the social situation; challenges with understanding social cues, social reciprocity, and perspective‐taking; difficulty making eye contact with other people; repeating words or phrases (echolalia); feeling distressed over minor changes to the environment; obsessive interests; flapping hands, spinning self in circles, or rocking (called stimming); and feeling overwhelmed by the way things smell, taste, sound, look, or feel (sensory overload). “For those at social service agencies, well‐trained staff are key to ensuring good quality services, especially since people affected with neurodiversity generally tend to have higher support needs than other populations in terms of daily living…” On the right of the middle text is a graphic of a white cat in a blue dress with two thought bubbles over it. The first bubble says, "Yikes! Did you read any research from Autistic researchers? The Double Empathy Problem, Monotropism, etc.?" The second thought bubble says, "Wow. Language really matters!" Bottom of poster: Right side: There is a graphic of a cat in blue, red and orange with question marks over its head. There are two thought bubbles. The first one says, "Ummmm. Aren’t the experts on Autism & Neurodivergence, the Autistic & Neurodivergent people?" The second thought bubble says, "Nothing about us, without us! How about directly involving us?" To the right of this cat is text that says: “To ensure course quality, experts in autism research and neurodivergence interventions were involved in the review and enhancement of each module.” “Quotes from people who are neurodivergent are presented throughout the training to highlight their voices and experiences.” At the bottom: Therapist Neurodiversity Collective - November 2023

Sigh…”affected by neurodiversity.” Michêlle Âû Christoffersen

Alex Aldridge

Pam Collins Guy Stephens. 😊👍

Yeesh… what the rainwrapped 3 mile wide wedge tornadic Fck ???? That reeks of ableism.. bring in the Autistic/Neurodivergent folx and their lived experiences and research

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