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Australian Conference On Neurodevelopmental Disorders*

Connecting Through Play

19 - 20 SEPTEMBER 2025

Our fourth conference will continue to build on the legacy of forging a positive view of neurodiversity, emphasising the inherent value and strengths of our unique differences and our common humanity. Our unique delegate combination of professional expertise across education and health with insights from neurodivergent presenters is fostering a rich dialogue leading the conversation around best practice.

Venue: Launceston Conference Centre (in-person) and Online

50 Glen Dhu Street, South Launceston 7250 TAS | info@acnd.org.au

*Usage of the term Disorders is intended to align with current DSM-5-TR terminology. The approach of our conference is to highlight the "Differences" of neurodevelopment.

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Who should attend? 

Health practitioners
CAMHS teams, allied health practitioners, clinicians, social and community service providers

Educators

Education professionals and researchers

Lived experience/families
Neurodivergent adults, families and carers

Call for Abstract submissions

In keeping with the 2025 conference theme, Connecting Through Play, the committee is interested in submissions that emphasise capacity building, collaboration, neurodivergent living and growing interdependence. Speakers will be invited to submit under the following streams: neurodivergent living; learning and neurodevelopmental disorders*; Engagement with/Approaches for neurodevelopmental disorders*.

Registrations

The conference will take place online and in-person, September 19 - 20, 2025, at the Launceston Conference Centre, located in Launceston, Tasmania.

Our 2023 conference theme, "Walking Side By Side", continued our commitment to foster an interdependence across our multi-disciplinary community, leveraging a growing global network to provide the newest research-based, evidence-driven applications with a desire to build strength.

Each of our conferences brings a growing number of delegates from across Australia, radiating out to New Zealand, Malaysia and beyond.

ACND2025 will provide information for both the professional working with neurodevelopmental disorders* and for people living with these conditions. Delegates have the opportunity to expand networks, joining a rich dialogue and exchange of ideas between people from a wide range of disciplines, perspectives and experiences.

This conference is empowering a community to enhance outcomes relating to the lived experience, management and treatment of neurodevelopmental disorders*.

Our 2025 conference theme; Connecting Through Play will continue to build on the legacy....

Join us in Launceston either in-person or online!

REGISTRATION OPENS SEPTEMBER 2024

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Stories of impact

Hear how the ACND conference has previously impacted delegates.

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Testimonials

I have been to all the ACND conference and the best thing for me, has been all the conferences have covered different topics. It’s not been a repeat of each conference.

Bec – professional delegate 2019, 2021 & 2023
(Conference App Social Feed 2023)

The travel was well worth it! Thank you everyone for sharing your knowledge, resources, and passion over the last two days. It is so appreciated. As a school wellbeing nurse, a parent of an autistic child and an “undiagnosed” neurodivergent individual, this conference has far exceeded my expectations and provided me with so much insight to change, improve and overall accept things differently as a mother, partner, friend, colleague, clinician and an individual.

Alana – parent & professional delegate
(Conference App Social Feed 2023)

Thanks for a great conference! The more our community collectively learns about neurodiversity the easier my job gets (and of course infinitely more positive changes). I have witnessed a very significant community change over the last 9 years living here- teachers, parents, clinicians. Particularly with ADHD because that came first. Much more evidence-based information floating around and being shared.

Amanda - professional delegate 2023 (email)

I just wanted to send my congratulations for what I thought was an outstanding meeting. It was a meeting that connected and informed people, and painted a picture of what a better world could look like. Achieving all of those things is no mean feat, and from the vibe I felt, you hit the brief so well.

Professor Andrew Whitehouse
Presenter 2023 (email)

Interested in being a sponsor?

There are many levels of sponsorship, and they all go a long way to helping us deliver our conference.

Conference Partners

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Conference Supporters

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