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.
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 Open
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*. Submissions will close at the end of January.
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....
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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.
(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.
(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.
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.
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