15/11/2025
Growing Our Knowledge to Better Support Our Community!
This week Carol had the privilege of attending the APAC Conference—an incredible gathering of researchers, clinicians, and lived-experience leaders from across the world all working toward one goal: creating a future where autistic individuals are understood, supported, and genuinely included.
At Grow Therapy Services, ongoing learning isn’t something we do “on the side”—it’s embedded into our practice.
We show up to these spaces because the work our children, families, and community deserve requires us to stay curious, stay informed, and stay connected.
What stood out most this week is a reminder we carry deeply:
📌 Research matters — but lived experience matters just as much.
📌 Data guides us — but real families show us what truly works.
📌 Global findings help us understand patterns — but our hands-on practice helps us understand people.
By blending current research with what we witness every day in our therapy rooms, homes, schools, and community spaces, we gain a richer understanding of:
✨ the long-term impacts of anxiety and co-occurring conditions on autistic children
✨ the lived realities behind behaviour, sensory differences, and communication
✨ the approaches that genuinely support wellbeing, identity, and confidence
✨ the pathways that help children thrive—not just cope
Our commitment is simple and unwavering:
We will continue learning, listening, and growing so we can better support neurodivergent children and the families who love them.
Thank you to our community for trusting us.
Thank you to the presenters and researchers for sharing your knowledge.
And thank you to the families who remind us every day why this work matters.
For us at Grow Therapy Services — are work is grounded in evidence, guided by lived experience, with an ongoing commitment to learning and guiding others in doing better for our neurodivergent community 💛
