Neurodiversity at La Trobe

Celebrating Neurodiversity is the next frontier in Celebrating Human Diversity

La Trobe’s new Neurodiversity Project aims to improve equity, accessibility, and inclusion for our Neurominority student and staff communities.

In collaboration with the AccessAbility and Inclusion team, the Neurodiversity Project is involved in various initiatives in this space. These range from campus event planning, to delivering Neurodiversity Ally and Accessibility Training to staff, to advocating for Neurominority staff and students in various areas of interest across the university (including policy, study and employment services, and beyond).

This Neurodiversity Webpage serves as a central hub for Neurodiversity-related study supports, resources, research, and courses at La Trobe. Here you can find resources including targeted support with your studies, links to relevant services such as counselling and the AccessAbility Hub, research projects and experts related to Neurodiversity, and relevant blogs, articles, and other materials which can help students to navigate university life.

Community Co-Design and Leadership

We prioritise engagement with the neurodiversity community in shaping the aims and initiatives for our Neurodiversity Project. Our Neurodiversity Project Manager Beth Radulski is also La Trobe’s first openly Autistic Autism researcher. The Neurodiversity Project draws upon Beth’s research and lived experience to improve the overall university experience for Neurominority staff and student populations. We also offer several different opportunities for Neurominority staff and students to collaborate on the project, including a placement subject that allows eligible students to intern on the project for credit towards their degree.

For more information, please e-mail Neurodiversity@latrobe.edu.au

- What working, learning and teaching from home can teach us about neurodiversity

- Autism Acceptance Month: An Interview with La Trobe’s first Openly Autistic lecturer, Dr Benjamin Habib

- Neurodiversity At La Trobe: What Neurodivergent Students and Researchers Want you to Know

- Neurodiversity Celebration Week: An Interview with Autistic Undergrad and Miss Galaxy Australia contestant Nicole Missios

Neurodiversity Celebration and Autism Acceptance Month 2022

A panel interview blog series including members of university leadership and several neurominority staff and students discussing how neurodiversity support can be further institutionalised via strategic planning and cultural qualities.

- Part One: Neurodiversity as the Next Frontier: Celebrating “All Kinds of Clever” in Higher Education

- Part Two: Neurodiversity as the Next Frontier: University, Research, and Industry Engagement

La Trobe Neurodiversity Resources

The University has made maps available for specific access requirements including for physical access and mobility and disabled toilet access for each campus. You can view them by visiting the following link, clicking on the relevant campus, and scrolling down to ‘Maps for People with Disabilities’.

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Our team have developed a variety of resources to support the La Trobe community, and the tertiary sector more broadly, to create welcoming and engaging environments for neurominority populations.

These include: