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REFER WITH CONFIDENCE | A GUIDE FOR PRACTITIONERS & COORDINATORS

Originally published on 20 March 2025. Trust Is Earned at the Point Where Things Usually Fall Apart In disability and neurodiversity support, trust isn’t built on promises. It’s built on what happens ...

Diagnosis Mentoring for Carers NDIS Reform Bill Neurodiversity

27 July 2026

Jodie Herbert

When NDIS Reform Lands Inside Exhausted Family Homes

2026 NDIS REFORM BILL: When NDIS Reform Lands Inside Exhausted Family Homes The government calls it sustainability. Families may experience it as family crisis, carer collapse and child protection ris...

Mentoring for Carers NDIS Reform Bill Policy Changes Risks

27 July 2026

Jodie Herbert

Difference Between Support Coordination & Implementation Support

Difference Between Support Coordination and Implementation Support Some call it Learning by Doing. The distinction is that support coordination helps people find and organise services. Implementation ...

ADHD Anxiety & Depression Autism Executive Function Future of Work Mentoring for Carers Reasonable Adjustments

27 July 2026

Jodie Herbert

Practical Help for Depression: One Small Step at a Time

Practical Help for Depression: One Small Step at a Time Depression does not lift because someone tells you to try harder. It starts to shift when life becomes small enough, safe enough and supported e...

Anxiety & Depression Executive Function Functional Capacity Mentoring for Carers Neurodiversity

23 July 2026

Jodie Herbert

NDIS Reform Debate: What Happens When Government Cuts NDIS Before States Are Ready?

NDIS Reform Debate: What Happens When Government Cuts NDIS Support Before the Start Systems Are Ready? The government calls it sustainability. But unless the receiving systems, families, carers, worke...

Disability rights Human Rights Mentoring for Carers NDIS Reform Bill NDIS Review Review Preparation Risks Senate Inquiry Social & Community Participation

23 July 2026

Jodie Herbert

THE NEW YEAR ISN'T A FRESH START. IT'S A STRESS TEST.

Originally published on 7 January 2026. Every January, neurodivergent and ADHD people are told this is the moment to get serious. New routines. New goals. New discipline. A better version of yourself....

Diagnosis Mentoring for Carers NDIS Review Neurodiversity

23 Mar 2026

Jodie Herbert

CARER BURNOUT IS RISING — WHY CARER SUPPORT MUST GO BEYOND RESPITE

Originally posted 18 February 2026 The NDIA is missing a critical part of the support system for people with disability — carer support . The NDIS currently focuses on the participant: their needs, th...

Anxiety & Depression Carer Respite Mentoring for Carers NDIS Review

23 Mar 2026

Jodie Herbert

WHAT DOES "NEUROTYPICAL" REALLY MEAN?

Originally posted 16 March 2026. The word “neurotypical” gets used a lot now. In conversations about autism. ADHD. Learning differences. Mental health. Workplaces. But if you stop most people in the s...

Diagnosis Mentoring for Carers Neurodiversity Workplace Support

23 Mar 2026

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