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‘Autism - Dispelling The Myths + Understanding The Culture’

28 day online program, May 5th - 26th, 2025.

28 day online program, May 5th - 26th, 2025.
Weekly video content drop every Monday for 4 weeks
Live 60 minute Q+A’s offered every Thursday for 4 weeks
Permanent access, replays available for everything
Visual slides to accompany content
certificates of attendance for PD needs
NDIS or other invoicing available on request

This ‘seminar-turned-program’ will present an overview of autism that any family, educator or service provider who lives or works with autistic people, needs in their life.

This program will present frameworks of understanding that allow us to fully move away from the disorder lens and the 'early intervention' narrative. We will cover...

Basic definitions and concepts that have arisen with the neurodiversity movement - neurodivergence, neuro-affirming, neuro-normativity etc
Inclusive language and concepts - functioning labels, identity language, spectrum etc
The 80 year time line of the history of autism, including how it was designed to vilify mothers and assimilate children and how that continues to this day.
Dispelling myths about autism that until recently had been accepted as truth
What autistic culture looks like and how it relates to relational safety
How autistic culture can be supported at home, in school and in the work place

**Whilst this seminar will focus mainly on autism it will speak to many neuroytpes and may be helpful to anyone who identifies as neurodivergent.

I’ve been recommending Alli’s work since 2019, and still going strong. She never disappoints, and her content is always informed by a beautiful blend of lived experience, science and of course is trauma informed and affirming.

- Kristy Forbes, Founder InTune Pathways and InTune with PDA

NB>>> Autism: Dispelling the Myths + Understanding the Culture aims to be accessible for all, and our highly reduced, set price reflects this. The price of this 28 day program has purposefully been set much lower than it’s monetary value as a way of ensuring it is available to all who need it, especially those unable to access, or experiencing reductions in, their disability funding. Alli has created this program for this purpose, despite having decided to pull back from autism advocacy and education for the forseable future. This program many not be run again, and may not be run again at this price - so please help your friends out by sharing this link. Let’s become autism informed right now - it’ll change our own lives, as well as the lives and futures of the current generation of children.

Tasmanian Winner,

2024 Telstra Best of Business Awards.

Not a ‘strategies’ resource – this will look at historical facts, modern evidence, philosophical frameworks and neuro affirming processes.

I recently began touring a new seminar, created in 2024, called ‘Autism: Dispelling the Myths and Understanding the Culture’, in the hopes of having conversations and knowledge exchange with you in person – something I’ve really been missing in life since becoming an internet heavy educator/therapist. These seminars have been truly as excellent as I hoped they would be. And every time I email, post or talk about these events you IN.UN.DATE me with requests for an online version..

I resisted, for about 1 week.

And then I was like, hell yes (shout out to my peeps living in the middle of nowhere like I do who need online events or they get none!) So, WELCOME to my new 28 day program – Autism: Dispelling the Myths + Understanding the Culture.

In preparing the seminar for the online world I decided to break it up into weekly ‘chapters’ so that the information has time to percolate, and isn’t delivered as an onslaught. And because I’m such a lover of QandA I thought I’d throw that option in the mix too. You will be sent links to the content every Monday and links to the Q+A’s every Thursday, beginning 5th May.

content drop - 5th May

Neuro-inclusive language and concepts, including the nuance and complexity they require to fully understand and be used confidently
Content drop - 12th May

The history of Autism through the lens of it’s 80 year timeline including it’s impact on women, children and the understanding of autism today
Content drop - 19th May

An overview on what we know now compared to what we thought we knew previously, clarity around current truth and rejection of problematic myths.
Content drop - 26th May

An overview of what autistic culture means, how it looks and how we can safely embed autistic culture at home, in schools and in the workplace.

Allison Davies has had a profound impact on my understanding of neurodivergence. She has a deep wisdom that comes from her lived experience as an autistic woman, through her studies and her work as a music therapist. Alli brings authenticity with warmth and compassion to all her work.

- Maggie Dent, Parenting author, educator and podcaster

What People Are Saying

“Hi Alli, I just wanted to thank you for the seminar last night. I brought my sister and Mother in law along and I haven’t stopped thinking about it, and am sure I won’t for some time. It’s wonderful to have people like you in our community sharing your knowledge, experience and wisdom .”

— Autism, Dispelling the myths + Understanding the Culture seminar participant

“Hi Allison, we met last night and I would like to thank you for your very clear, realistic presentation. I am so appreciative of the information you shared as it has and will reaffirm the way in which I have been working to support neurodivergent children and adults over the last few years. It clarified many questions and showed me where I have bought into the conversation of the day. ”

— Autism, Dispelling the myths + Understanding the Culture seminar participant

“Tonight’s workshop was terrific. My wife and I participated, and it fostered an increased level of knowledge that is incredibly useful for us as parents, when parenting our 5 year old son and also for the ways in which we work with our school that he attends (of which I am also the principal).”

— Previous Seminar participant

Autism: Dispelling the Myths + Understanding the Culture aims to be accessible for all and our highly reduced, set price reflects this. Please contact us if you are unable to register due to costs, and I ask that you honour this request with respect and sign up at full price if you are able. NDIS invoices and receipts available upon request.

$190.00

One time

Autism - Dispelling the Myths and Understanding the Culture

ABOUT ALLI
Allison Davies creates online resources for parents, educators and support staff and works with schools to deliver professional development around both the topics of neurodivergence and the use of music as a regulatory tool. She is an independent liberatory scholar currently exploring the gatekeeping and classism of the social construct ‘musical vs non musical’.

Allison holds a Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Teaching (University of New England, 2003), a Master of Music Therapy (University of Queensland, 2005) and Neurologic Music Therapy training (Academy of Neurologic Music Therapy, 2016). A former Registered Music Therapist of 16 years, Alli left the Allied Health industry in 2021 in order to align her work more deeply with culturally responsive practices and to switch her focus from individual change to socio cultural change.

Alli is an AuDHD’er working within a neuro-affirming framework that favours deep acceptance and regulation over assimilation and intervention, and shares her lived autistic experience openly within her seminars, workshops and conferences as part of her ‘emotive storytelling mixed with science’ approach to education.

In 2016 Alli was named a ‘National AMP Tomorrow Maker’ for her contribution to supporting Australian families through her 2 day workshop, Brains = Behaviours. As an online course, Brains = Behaviours has impacted over 2000 families.

In 2018 she founded A Gathering of Voices, an online membership for adults aiming to self-regulate through therapeutic based music experiences.In 2024 Alli was awarded the Telstra Best of Business Award for Lutruwita/Tasmania.

Allison is a regular contributor to online network ParentTV, and radio station ‘Vision Australia’. She lives in the rainforest of Lutruwita/Tasmania, with her husband and 2 children, where she enjoys the beach, the bush and baths.

FAQ’s

Click here for a long and detailed list of FAQ’s and if your question isn’t answered please don’t hesitate to reach out xxx

content drop - 5th May

Neuro-inclusive language and concepts, including the nuance and complexity they require to fully understand and be used confidently
Content drop - 12th May

The history of Autism through the lens of it’s 80 year timeline including it’s impact on women, children and the understanding of autism today
Content drop - 19th May

An overview on what we know now compared to what we thought we knew previously, clarity around current truth and rejection of problematic myths.
Content drop - 26th May

An overview of what autistic culture means, how it looks and how we can safely embed autistic culture at home, in schools and in the workplace.

Autism: Dispelling the Myths + Understanding the Culture aims to be accessible for all and our highly reduced, set price reflects this. Please contact us if you are unable to register due to costs, and I ask that you honour this request with respect and sign up at full price if you are able. NDIS invoices and receipts available upon request.