Australian Neurodivergent Parents Association - ANPA

10/10/2026

Go and share you opinion on Thriving Kids!

Please be civil in the comments, don't use hate speech or swear words to make your point. This is about educating the Government on the real world consequences on the children and their families when removed from individualised NDIS supports and push them onto the Thriving Kids program.

Support provided early in a child’s life can make a positive impact on their development.

Families can now access the Thriving Kids Information and Resources Hub. The hub shares reliable information, practical resources and guidance to help families understand and support their child’s development.

You don’t need a diagnosis to access Thriving Kids supports.

For more information, see the comments below. 👇

08/10/2026

ANPA would like to wish a Happy International Le***an Day to anyone from our board, our members, their families and the broader community who identify as Le***an!

We see you, we hear you, you are celebrated!

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22/09/2026

An autistic writer has reportedly been left “frustrated” that they are unable to submit the second draft of the very stupid thing they just said in casual conversation.

Jay Chester, 48, who regularly puts their foot in their mouth during routine social interactions, often redrafts their faux-pas over the course of the following weeks, months or years – but to their dismay, their attempts to submit their revised chitchat has been met with confusion.

Chester commented: “A few weeks ago, I was buying a banana because my blood sugar was crashing, when the cashier asked me if I’d like a bag. Trying to be winning and charming, I responded ‘no thank you, I have big plans for this banana.’”

“Since then, I’ve consulted with my editor – which is what I call my neurotypical sister, Becky,” Chester continued. “And she helped me whittle it down to a clear and concise ‘no, thanks’. But when I returned to Tesco to submit my belated ‘no, thanks’, the cashier just looked at me like I’d lost my mind.”

“Looking back over that second draft, I think where I went wrong was not recapping for my audience,” Chester added. “So I went back in, said ‘I was the one with big plans for my banana – but on second thoughts – no thanks.’ Anyway, now I’m banned from Tesco.”

Tesco cashier, Emma Bernard, 19, said: “I have no idea what’s going on. Something about a banana??”

Read more on our website: https://thedailytism.com/autistic-writer-upset-they-cant-submit-second-draft-of-conversation/

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01/09/2026

A little app recommendation from ANPA: Feelings Wheel. 💜

It gives you a visual feelings wheel to help identify and name what you’re experiencing, including more specific emotions beyond just “good”, “bad”, “angry” or “sad”. You can select several feelings at once, track them over time, and the app offers a short reflection on the combination you’ve chosen.

For Autistic and other neurodivergent people who sometimes know that something is happening internally but have trouble finding the right word for it, tools like this can make emotional check-ins much more concrete.

Today’s combination: cheeky, content, busy, worried and sleepy. Which, frankly, is quite a mood. 😂

📱 Search Feelings Wheel in your app store.

23/08/2026

23/08/2026

With you Zoe Simmons—journalist, copywriter, author & editor ❤️

23/08/2026

The Ladies’ Auxiliary for the Appreciation of Anthony Albanese is a disabled women and carers-led organisation devoted to helping Australia return disability policy to the 1950s, in line with current government disability policy.

Our Prime Minister has had to make Hard Choices.

Defence contracts cost money. AUKUS submarines cost money. Tax concessions cost money. Gina may require another jet plane at any moment. And there are only so many billions to go around before somebody starts asking extremely un-Australian questions about revenue.

Fortunately, disabled women and carers are available.

We Ladies understand that when the nation encounters a fiscal emergency, women must return to our traditional role as subservient handmaidens: quitting our jobs to provide unpaid care while being extremely grateful that the Men have done the sums.

If you are disabled yourself, even better! Simply stop requiring paid assistance and have a relative (or a friendly neighbour!) wipe your bottom for the Cause.

No relative? The Auxiliary recommends marriage.

Through Afternoon Teas for Fiscal Sustainability, emergency lamington drives, Austerity Preserves and our popular Auxiliary Household Hints, we’ll share clever ways to reduce your troublesome disability expenditure.

Learn how to turn one shower into three with a damp flannel; convert an ordinary chair into a wheelchair by adding shopping trolley wheels; and save thousands in community-participation funding by simply having no friends.

Every little saving helps!

Remember: the $80 you save by going without support may not purchase a submarine, but if several million of us pull together, it could eventually purchase something important enough to have a ribbon cut in front of it.

So put on your pearls, straighten your stockings and try not to become incontinent until Gladys arrives at nine.

The Men have made the Hard Choices.

Now it’s our job to live with them. With a cheerful smile on our faces.

Proudly helping the Government spend less on essential disability care and support.

Note: This page is satire. Any actual money raised by the Auxiliary goes to mutual aid projects and disabled people fighting NDIS cuts - because nothing says “advanced economy” quite like holding a cake stall or commemorative teatowel to buy back your human rights.

Image: Retro 1950s-style circular logo in pink, cream and black for “The Ladies’ Auxiliary for the Appreciation of Anthony Albanese”. A smiling woman in pearls and white gloves holds a teacup and saucer in front of Australian Parliament House, surrounded by starbursts and ribbon banners.