What Face-to-Face and Non Face-to-Face Supports Mean at I CAN
I CAN Online Mentoring includes both live sessions and important behind-the-scenes support. Here’s what that means, what’s included, and how NDIS funding may be used.
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I CAN Progress Under the Victorian Autism Plan and Victorian Autism Education Strategy
Since 2023, I CAN Network has worked with the Victorian Government through the Autism Education Strategy to support autistic and neurodivergent students through autistic-led mentoring, inclusive practices and mental health support.
I CAN Expo 2025: Australia’s Biggest Event for Autistic Youth
A chance for young autistics to show what makes them awesome, express their passions and to get to know others on a similar wavelength.
A Personal Note from Two Mums Navigating NDIS
Discover how I CAN supports parents navigating NDIS funding by offering affordable online programs tailored for autistic kids. Get insights from real parents.
PIONEERING I CAN NETWORK CELEBRATES 10-YEARS
Australia’s largest Autistic-led organisation, I CAN Network (I CAN®), is celebrating its 10-birthday this October. I CAN is one of the largest employers of Autistic adults with 82 Autistic/ neurodivergent staff located across regional and metropolitan Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. Staff are trained and deployed to deliver school-based […]
AN “I CAN PROFILE”: A STUDENT-DRIVEN, STRENGTHS-BASED TOOL
We find that many of our student mentees start our Autistic-led mentoring program with a sense of shame toward being Autistic or being different. Often, they have internalised a deficits-based view of themselves. One of the approaches we’ve used over the years is showing students how to create an “I […]
RESPECTFUL RESOURCES ABOUT AUTISM FOR AUTISTIC YOUNG PEOPLE & THEIR PEERS
As Thomas, a longtime I CAN mentee-now-mentor explains, “The more people who hear positive things about Autism when they are young, the better chance we have of building a world that is inclusive.” It is never too soon to introduce children to respectful representations of Autism and to showcase Autistic […]
AUTISM & CO-OCCURRING CONDITIONS: INSIGHTS & TIPS FROM AUTISTIC YOUNG ADULTS
Many Autistics are “multiply neurodivergent” — that is, having more than one neurologically (brain)-based difference, such as being Autistic and having ADHD or being Autistic and dyslexic. Below are some insights and tips from young adults, members of our team with that lived experience.For our younger peers: * Knowledge is power! It can […]
PARENTAL PERSPECTIVES: THE POWER OF STRENGTHS-BASED AUTISTIC PEER MENTORING
The last few years have seen the rise of a different model of Autism support; a model that focuses on the strengths of the spectrum, as well as peer mentoring, where Autistics support each other through their shared lived experience. We are proud to be one of the groups involved […]
WHY AUTISTIC-LED MENTORING MATTERS
By James Cifuentes– I CAN Mentor Queensland Having Autistic mentors when I was growing up would have been a game-changer for me. I had very mixed results in high school. My grades were largely good and my aptitude tests were exceptional, but as I got older and my peers started […]
