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WHAT IS I CAN NETWORK: INSIGHTS FROM AN I CAN MENTOR
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 […]
WATERSHED MOMENT FOR VICTORIAN STUDENTS WITH A DISABILITY
The Victorian Government’s recent announcement of its $1.6 billion Disability Inclusion package, which will phase out the Program for Students with Disability funding bucket, is a watershed moment in State education. The Program for Students with Disability has been a restrictive funding model which has required parents to cloak their […]
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 […]
