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Rebecca Flower @rebeccaflower.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Hi Eleanor, thanks for your interest! The article is currently free to download from the journal website for a few days.

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Rebecca Flower @rebeccaflower.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

There is no specific starting point, and all principles involve ongoing learning, adaptation, and reflection. We hope is a springboard for understanding and operationalising the neuroaffirming movement in psychology.

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Rebecca Flower @rebeccaflower.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

7) Genuine acceptance and appreciation of autism: The psychologist demonstrates a genuine acceptance & nuanced understanding of neurodiversity. They take a strengths-based approach when working with Autistic clients.

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Rebecca Flower @rebeccaflower.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

6) Autistic informed person-centered support: The client is supported to reach their goals and is assisted in advocating for themselves.

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Rebecca Flower @rebeccaflower.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

5) Validation of Autistic experiences: The psychologist believes and validates the Autistic client’s experiences. The client is seem as the expert in their life.

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Rebecca Flower @rebeccaflower.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

4) Authenticity and humility in practice: The psychologist is self-reflective and open to learning from their clients. They are sincere, genuine, and nonjudgmental.

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Rebecca Flower @rebeccaflower.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

3) Finding a way to communicate: The psychologist takes the time to understand how their client communicates and works to find a shared way to communicate.

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Rebecca Flower @rebeccaflower.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

2) Providing safety to be one’s Autistic self: The psychologist works to provide a space where an Autistic client can feel safe to be their genuine Autistic self (physically and psychologically).

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Rebecca Flower @rebeccaflower.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

These are (in brief) 1) A commitment to continued learning about autism: The psychologist has a nuanced understanding of autism, and a commitment to continued learning. This includes learning from resources developed by Autistic people.

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Rebecca Flower @rebeccaflower.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Together with a group of 28 experts- Autistic adults and Autistic and non-autistic psychologists (many of whom co-wrote this paper), we developed 7 principles of neurodiversity affirming psychology practice

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Rebecca Flower @rebeccaflower.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

This term is used even more frequently now, and has been included in national guidelines in Australia. We set out to use the Delphi methodology to define neurodiversity affirming support in the context of psychologists working with Autistic adult clients in Australia.

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Rebecca Flower @rebeccaflower.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

When we set out to conduct the study in 2022, the term #NeurodiversityAffirming was starting to be used in the psychology profession. However, there was no consensus about what this term means.

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Rebecca Flower @rebeccaflower.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

New paper alert! Our collaborative study “Defining Neurodiversity Affirming Psychology Practice for Autistic Adults: A Delphi Study Integrating Psychologist and Client Perspectives” was recently published in @autisminadulthood.bsky.social Free until June 23!

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Yes! Access. @yes-access.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Co-Founder of Yes! Access, Tara Cunningham, shares why we are here and why we all need to share our stories. #YesAccess is now officially LIVE! Visit our website to be a part of the change, one story at a time. #YesAccess #KeepItReal #WhatsYourStory.

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Rebecca Flower @rebeccaflower.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

"together we will make our way forward with no one held back and no one left behind" - such a respectful and uplifting speech from our (just re-elected) PM Albo! #auspol

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Rebecca Flower @rebeccaflower.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Thanks for your conference coverage - it's so helpful for those of us who couldn't attend!

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Rebecca Flower @rebeccaflower.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Thanks for your coverage of the panel and conference Aimee- it's so helpful for those of us who couldn't make it to INSAR this year!

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Autism in Adulthood @autisminadulthood.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Ask us about Autism in Adulthood at #INSAR2025! We would love to talk to you. Look out for our badges and share your views about our journal @autisminadulthood.bsky.social 👇

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Christina Nicolaidis, MD, MPH @cnicolaidis.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

When autism researchers from all sorts of disciplines, paradigms, methodologies, politics, and worldviews agree, you know the threats to science and to autistic people have gotten way outside the bounderies of typical scientific debate. www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

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Coalition of Autism Scientists critiques US Department of Health and Human Services Autism Research Initiative

The newly formed Coalition of Autism Scientists (160 members and counting) today issued a statement in response to remarks and actions taken by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary of the U.S. Department...

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Rebecca Flower @rebeccaflower.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Check out our fantastic special issue in @autisminadulthood.bsky.social on post-secondary education!

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Rebecca Flower @rebeccaflower.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Came across this silo art on my way to La Trobe Mildura- I love the silo art in regional Vic! The logistics and talent amaze me every time I see one up close.

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Rebecca Flower @rebeccaflower.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

It's lovely to be back on campus teaching in person classes for Semester 1! (even though the weather still feels like summer & is a bit hot for my liking)

Photo of large letters in front of a building spelling La Trobe. Surrounded by gum trees

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Rebecca Flower @rebeccaflower.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

We're really excited to see the toolkit be published, and hope it's helpful.

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Rebecca Flower @rebeccaflower.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

We developed the toolkit for employers in the Victorian public sector (Australia). However it can be used by anyone.

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Rebecca Flower @rebeccaflower.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

The toolkit offers simple, practical information for employers to use as a starting point for supporting neurodivergent employees

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Rebecca Flower @rebeccaflower.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

We worked in partnership with the Victorian Public Sector Commission to develop the toolkit. We developed it as a neurodiverse team, with contribution from a range of people with lived & professional experience (and reviewing the academic literature)

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Rebecca Flower @rebeccaflower.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Resource alert: A new toolkit for employers to learn about neurodiversity, & recruit and support neurodivergent employees. Developed by a neurodiverse team. See here for the Neurodiversity Employment Toolkit vpsc.vic.gov.au/workforce-ca... #neurodiversity #employment

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Neurodiversity employment toolkit - VPSC

A resource for recruiting and supporting neurodivergent employees in the Victorian public sector, developed by a neurodiverse team.

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Autism in Adulthood @autisminadulthood.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Autism in Adulthood is now on BlueSky!!! We are excited to build a community here. Please follow us (and share with others). And of course, please continue to contribute to, review, and/or read our journal! www.liebertpub.org/aut.

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Christina Nicolaidis, MD, MPH @cnicolaidis.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Autism in Adulthood has joined BlueSky! Come visit us at bsky.app/profile/auti...

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