Late-Identified Autistic Adults and Neurodiversity-Affirming OT
Workshop Duration: 2 hours
Cost: $120.00
Do you feel unsure how to support late-identified Autistic adults in ways that honour identity and lived experience?
Do you want to move beyond neuronormative expectations and build more affirming approaches?
This session offers clear, confidence-building strategies grounded in autistic culture, communication and wellbeing.
Purchase this workshopThis workshop equips you to support late-identified autistic people with curiosity, empathy and affirming practice.
You’ll gain insight into lived experiences and learn how to foster identity development, address internalised ableism, support understanding camouflaging, embrace authenticity and promote meaningful occupations.
What will you learn?
- The lived experiences and common challenges faced by late-identified autistic people
- The impact of internalised ableism and strategies to begin dismantling it
- Understanding camouflaging, masking and autistic burnout
- How neuronormative expectations can conflict with wellbeing
- Supporting identity development and authenticity in life roles
- Honouring diverse social preferences and communication styles
- The role of autistic culture, community and neurokin connection
- Using trauma-informed and affirming OT approaches to build safety and belonging
Who is this workshop for?
- OTs working with adults in community, mental health or disability services
- Clinicians supporting clients post-diagnosis or during identity discovery
- OTs seeking neurodivergent-affirming strategies across varied practice settings
- Supervisors and senior clinicians mentoring teams in inclusive practice
Why attend?
- Deepen your understanding of the late-identified autistic experience
- Learn practical tools to support safety, belonging and authenticity
- Build confidence in trauma-informed, neurodivergent-affirming practice
- Strengthen your ability to support clients in redefining roles, values and meaningful occupations
What's included?
- Gain online access to the workshop – live workshops are delivered via Zoom, while self-paced options include access to recorded sessions
- Download workshop slides and any resources provided by the presenter
- Enjoy six months of access to the recording and resources via your Verve OT Learning Library
- Receive a certificate of completion for your CPD records, available via email upon completion of the workshop
Reflection Guide
This practical workbook helps you move from theory to meaningful clinical change. Through structured prompts exploring masking, burnout, interoception, internalised ableism and accessibility, it strengthens your reflective practice so you can identify neuronormative assumptions, adjust your language and create safer, more affirming therapy environments for Autistic adults.
Included with your workshop in your Verve OT Learning Library
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About the Presenter
Steph Robertson is an experienced multiply-neurodivergent Occupational Therapist, speaker and advocate with a commitment to for trauma responsive and neurodiversity-affirming practice.
Steph draws on her professional, research and lived experience in her work. Her extensive experience as an Occupational Therapist includes schools, non-for profit organisations, private practice and working in tertiary education at Monash University.
Through her work, Steph empowers individuals, parents, therapists and educators to foster understanding, self worth and connection within the neurodivergent community.
Steph delivers impactful talks, trainings and resources designed to support the deep socio-politics shift to more inclusive and affirming spaces for all people.
Sign up todayWhat Are Others Saying?
"Really enjoyed the workshop, great to get a basic understanding of the topic. You could tell that the presenter Stephanie was highly knoweldgable and was great to hear about lived experience. Would highly recommend!"
- Carla S, Occupational Therapist
"I think all OTs would benefit from this workshop due to the significant need for more understanding around neurodivergent adults "
- Evie Y, Occupational Therapist
