Neurodivergent Affirming Practice Interest Group - 15 October 25
The Neurodivergent Affirming Practice Interest Group invites you to their October meeting
Program Overview
This is a free, member only session.
Please join the Neurodivergent Affirming Practice Interest Group Community via OTA Connect here before registering.
OVERVIEW
MEETING DETAILS
TOPIC:
Exploring Neurodivergent Affirming OT Approach to Driving
Being able to drive is often thought of as rite of passage into adulthood. For many neurodivergent adults, the learning to drive process has been fraught with numerous challenges, potholes, detours and roadblocks. This interest group meeting will be a chance to hear neurodivergent lived experience of gaining “P” plates and how OTs can best provide a neurodivergent affirming approach to the issues of driving.
PRESENTER:
Clare Keogh (Neurodivergent Lived Experience OT) & Nicole de la Perrelle (OT Mentor, Consultant, Clinician & OT Driver Assessor, Encourage OT)
DATE:
Wednesday October 15th 2025
TIME:
7:30pm – 9:00pm | NSW, VIC, ACT, TAS (AEDT)
7:00pm – 8:30pm | South Australia (ACDT)
6:30pm – 8:00pm | Queensland (AEST)
6:00pm – 7:30pm | Northern Territory (ACST)
4:30pm – 6:00pm | Western Australia (AWST)
MEETING PLATFORM:
Zoom: This session will be run on the Zoom Webinar Platform. Registrants will be sent separate login details one business day prior to the session. Please check all email folders for this information. This meeting will not be recorded.
If you have questions regarding the Zoom system requirements please visit: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/categories/200101697-Getting-Started
REGISTRATION FEES & INFORMATION
OTA Member: Free
If you are a non member who wishes to attend please contact us to discuss your options.
Registrations close Monday 13 October 2025 11.59pm AEDT
MEETING DOCUMENTS & RESOURCES
Agendas, resources and meeting record form are available for members to download in the Community via OTA Connect, once we have received these from the convenors. This meeting will not be recorded.
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DISCLAIMER
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Interest Group Participants
By registering to attend, participants agree to actively contribute and show respect to all other participants. We ask you to take personal notes and monitor the Interest Group webpage for meeting resources. Occupational Therapy Australia reserves the right to remove members from an Interest Group at its discretion.
Presented By
Nicole de la Perrelle
Presenter
Nicole de la Perrelle is an occupational therapist, wife, mother of two young boys, and owner of two cheeky dogs! Her journey in occupational therapy (for over 20 years now!) has been defined by a commitment to supporting therapists to achieve deliver best practice and compassionate care, while helping her clients achieve meaningful outcomes. She loves research but especially loves applying evidence to real world clinical practice and making best-practice recommendations.
Clare Keogh
Presenter
Clare Keogh is a multiply neurodivergent occupational therapist (neurotypes: Autistic, ADHD, Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum, and Dandy-Walker Syndrome). She is also a dog mum, a nature explorer, music lover and creative thinker. She describes her neurodivergent profile as "very spiky. Some things are relatively straightforward to do. For other things, I must rely on tools, or find other ways to do the tasks. This includes driving!" Clare runs her own sole trader OT business in Melbourne's west for neurodivergent young people and families. She has strong interests in family-centred practice, health care as a helping profession, and the ways OT works with the person’s own lived experience to create change. She uses her lived experience combined with her professional knowledge to guide clients and families in developing a holistic understanding of neurodivergence, disability, and what that means for individual and family occupations.