Autism CRC Podcast

Learn how allied health professionals, support workers and school staff can work together as equal partners to engage families and establish effective communication between home and school.

Learn about the professional learning platform and national community of practice available on inclusionED.edu.au that has reached over 55,000 unique visitors and achieved over 6000 registered users since its launch in May 2020. This episode is hosted by Autism CRC’s Nicole Torres and Libby Salles.

Learn how to understand sensory avoidance and sensory seeking behaviour and learn about hypo- and hyper-sensitivities to stimuli in the classroom environment.

Learn strategies for teachers to build trusting relationships, spot the signs of anxiety and support students in recognising and managing anxiety.

Learn about neurodiversity, autism and helpful strategies to support neurodiverse learners in the classroom by harnessing the strengths, passions and interests of students to enhance learning.

Learn about mental health issues faced by autistic employees and hear from Dr Simon Bury about the Supporting a Neurodiverse Workforce: a mental health and wellbeing resource and training package.

Learn about higher education thought leadership from a number of individuals at universities from Ireland and the work they’ve been conducting to promote neurodiversity in universities and drive thought leadership in areas of mental health and neurodiversity in the legal system.

Learn about the launch of the Self-Advocacy  @  Work website, its key features and the co-design process that was undertaken in its development and delivery.

Learn about the La Trobe University neurodiversity project and how PhD research is exploring the barriers to disclosure and inclusion for autistic people and what is being done to support students to perform their best.

Learn about building organisational capability, scalability and sustainability for your current or future Autism @ Work programs as panellists discuss how to structure a framework that makes success sustainable.

Learn from some of the amazing people who have been championing Autism@Work programs within their organisations for many years.

Social Cipher develops story-driven video games that give neurodivergent youth and the professionals who work with them a safe, accessible, empowering space to apply and understand social-emotional skills.

Learn about Ultranauts Inc., an award-winning quality engineering firm with employees in 30 states across the U.S., 75% of whom are on the autism spectrum.

Learn about the Neurodiverse Employment Training Program which was developed to provide support and training for MatchWorks Disability Employment Services (DES) clients who identify as neurodivergent.

Learn how Employee Resource Groups (ERGS) are successfully supporting their staff to understand and better support autistic employees.

Listen to keynote speaker Jessica Kaaden, the Director of People and Communications at SANE, Vice President of Australian HR Institute (AHRI), and a founding member of Hacking HR’s Global Experts Council.

Learn from representatives of small businesses that recruit and employ autistic talent and the enormous benefit that recruiting for neurodiversity has on small medium enterprises.

Learn how existing HR resources support the management of autistic and neurodiverse talent and discover where the gaps in HR practice exist and how they can be addressed.

Learn about the experiences of autistic employees and exploring the role of skill development in career-building.

Learn from representatives from large organisations as panellists share their experiences on how they achieve skill development with their talent and reflect on what aspects of their own programs help to build workplace capacity.

Featuring a Welcome to Country by Elise Muller, opening remarks from Autism CRC CEO Andrew Davis and DXC Technology Social Impact Practice Leader Michael Fieldhouse.