Hi Eleanor, thanks for your interest! The article is currently free to download from the journal website for a few days.

There is no specific starting point, and all principles involve ongoing learning, adaptation, and reflection. We hope is a springboard for understanding and operationalising the neuroaffirming movement in psychology.

7) Genuine acceptance and appreciation of autism: The psychologist demonstrates a genuine acceptance & nuanced understanding of neurodiversity. They take a strengths-based approach when working with Autistic clients.

6) Autistic informed person-centered support: The client is supported to reach their goals and is assisted in advocating for themselves.

5) Validation of Autistic experiences: The psychologist believes and validates the Autistic client’s experiences. The client is seem as the expert in their life.

4) Authenticity and humility in practice: The psychologist is self-reflective and open to learning from their clients. They are sincere, genuine, and nonjudgmental.

3) Finding a way to communicate: The psychologist takes the time to understand how their client communicates and works to find a shared way to communicate.

2) Providing safety to be one’s Autistic self: The psychologist works to provide a space where an Autistic client can feel safe to be their genuine Autistic self (physically and psychologically).

These are (in brief) 1) A commitment to continued learning about autism: The psychologist has a nuanced understanding of autism, and a commitment to continued learning. This includes learning from resources developed by Autistic people.

Together with a group of 28 experts- Autistic adults and Autistic and non-autistic psychologists (many of whom co-wrote this paper), we developed 7 principles of neurodiversity affirming psychology practice

This term is used even more frequently now, and has been included in national guidelines in Australia. We set out to use the Delphi methodology to define neurodiversity affirming support in the context of psychologists working with Autistic adult clients in Australia.

When we set out to conduct the study in 2022, the term #NeurodiversityAffirming was starting to be used in the psychology profession. However, there was no consensus about what this term means.

Thanks for your conference coverage - it's so helpful for those of us who couldn't attend!

Thanks for your coverage of the panel and conference Aimee- it's so helpful for those of us who couldn't make it to INSAR this year!

what a great idea!

Looking forward to reading!