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29/12/2025

✨ 30-Minute FREE Trial Session at ClimbWell ✨

Curious about climbing-based therapy or coaching?

This school holidays, we’re offering all new clients a FREE 30-minute trial session — available now until 31 January 2026.

It’s a chance to:
🧗‍♀️ Meet one of our caring, experienced **ClimbWell instructors
🧠 Experience our unique climbing-based approach
🌱 See how sessions can support physical, emotional, and social development

During your trial, you’ll meet an instructor, experience how we work, and see if ClimbWell is the right fit — no pressure, just connection and exploration.

School holidays provide the calmest space to try — quieter sessions, open walls, and flexible booking options.

🎥 Take a peek at what a ClimbWell session looks like: (link in bio)

📩 To book your free trial or ask questions, email us: admin@climbwell.com.au — We’d love to meet you!

25/12/2025

Merry Christmas to our Oasis Climbing & ClimbWell community 🎄
We’re incredibly grateful for the trust, energy, and heart you bring into our space every day. Thank you for making this year so special ❤️

19/12/2025

💙 Week 6 | Translating Research into Practice

Research shows that climbing can support emotional regulation, confidence, focus, and social connection for autistic youth — but outcomes depend on how programs are delivered.

Literature highlights that the most meaningful benefits occur when climbing is:
• Structured yet flexible
• Individualised to each participant
• Delivered by autism-aware coaches
• Embedded in safe, predictable environments

At ClimbWell, these insights guide how we design every session — from visual supports and clear routines, to choice-based challenges and relationship-led coaching.

🌿 This is where research meets real-world impact — transforming evidence into inclusive, meaningful experiences on the wall.

Thank you for following along with our ClimbWell Insights Series. We’re proud to keep learning, adapting, and climbing forward together.

12/12/2025

💙 Week 5 | The Role of Family & Community Support in Climbing

Recent literature reviews from Curtin University honours students highlight that family involvement and social support play a powerful role in how autistic youth engage with climbing.
These supports often determine whether participation feels safe, connected, and meaningful.

Research shows that family and community support contribute to:
🔹 Increased confidence and emotional regulation
🔹 Greater willingness to try new challenges
🔹 Stronger sense of belonging
🔹 More consistent participation
🔹 Positive social interactions and communication

Key forms of support identified in the literature include:
✨ Family or carers providing encouragement and reassurance
✨ Support workers assisting with transitions, routines, and emotional regulation
✨ Parents showing interest, presence, and shared celebration of achievements
✨ Peers who create positive social experiences
✨ Coaches who model emotional safety and connection
✨ Climbing communities that prioritise inclusion and acceptance

When autistic youth feel supported by the people around them, climbing becomes not just physical activity, but an experience that strengthens relationships, communication, and self-belief.

🌿 At ClimbWell, we welcome families, carers, and support workers into the climbing journey. Together, we create an environment where every climber feels seen, supported, and valued.

Next Friday: Week 6 | Research in Practice (bringing it all together)

05/12/2025

💙 Week 4 | The Power of Environment in Supporting Autistic Youth

Recent literature reviews from Curtin University honours students highlight that the environment plays a crucial role in how autistic youth experience climbing — often determining whether participation feels safe, empowering, or overwhelming.

Research shows that the right environment can significantly improve:
🔹 Confidence
🔹 Emotional regulation
🔹 Sensory comfort
🔹 Engagement and motivation
🔹 Social connection

Key environmental features that support autistic youth include:
✨ Calm, low-stimulation spaces (reduced noise, softer lighting, predictable layout)
✨ Clear visual cues & structured routines
✨ Consistent, familiar coaching
✨ Opportunities for quiet observation before participating
✨ Autonomy in choosing climbs and pacing

A thoughtfully designed environment creates a sense of safety, control, and predictability — foundational needs for many autistic individuals. When these needs are met, climbing becomes not just accessible, but deeply therapeutic.

🌿 At ClimbWell, we intentionally shape our spaces and sessions to support sensory comfort, predictability, and emotional wellbeing — helping every climber feel safe enough to explore, try, and grow.

Next Friday: Week 5 | Family & Community Support in Climbing

03/12/2025

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We’re proud to celebrate International Day of People with Disability and shine a light on the many people and organisations leading the way in access and inclusion. 👏 For many, inclusion isn’t just a word, it’s woven into everything they do. They go the extra mile to ensure people with disability are part of everyday life. When we put the call out for nominations of those championing access and inclusion, the response was inspiring.

🏆To explore the full Honour List, visit https://docsm.au/4iI8Q2w
📸 Pictured here is one of the nominations, Manning Tennis Club, recognised for their Top Spinners Wheelchair Tennis program.

28/11/2025

💙 Week 3 | Barriers & Enablers to Participation in Climbing

Recent literature reviews from Curtin University honours students highlight key barriers and enablers that influence how autistic youth engage with climbing.

Many autistic individuals face barriers such as:
🔹 Sensory overload (noise, crowding, bright lights)
🔹 Fear of injury or past negative experiences
🔹 Difficulty with unfamiliar environments
🔹 Lack of autism-aware instruction or support
🔹 Feeling pressured or rushed

But research also shows a powerful set of enablers that significantly increase participation and positive outcomes:
✨ Calm, predictable environments
✨ Autism-aware and supportive coaches
✨ Clear routines and visual structure
✨ Choice, autonomy, and collaborative decision-making
✨ Safe, trust-building relationships with belayers
✨ Small group or 1:1 settings

When these enablers are present, autistic youth often show greater confidence, emotional regulation, willingness to try new climbs, and deeper social connection.

🌿 At ClimbWell, we intentionally design our sessions around these enablers — creating a space that feels safe, supportive, and empowering for every climber.

Follow along next Friday for Week 4: The Power of Environment

21/11/2025

💙 Week 2 | What Motivates Autistic Youth to Engage in Climbing

Recent literature reviews from Curtin University honours students highlight a powerful theme in existing research: autistic youth are highly motivated to participate in climbing when certain emotional, social, and environmental needs are met.

Research shows that climbing motivates participation through:
🔹 Intrinsic motivators — confidence, mastery, autonomy, and meaningful challenge
🔹 Extrinsic motivators — supportive coaches, positive peer interactions, and a calm environment
🔹 Relational motivators — the trust-building dynamic between the climber and belayer

Climbing provides a unique blend of structure and choice. Autistic youth often feel empowered through:
✨ Predictable routes
✨ Clear goals
✨ Opportunities for problem-solving
✨ Freedom to choose climbs that match their comfort level

🌿 At ClimbWell, we see these motivational factors every day — through supportive coaching, trust-based belaying, and environments designed for calm, confidence, and success.

Follow along next Friday for Week 3: Barriers & Enablers to Participation

14/11/2025

💙 Week 1 | Climbing as a Therapeutic Tool for Autistic Youth

Recent literature reviews from Curtin University honours students explored existing research on the therapeutic benefits of climbing for autistic youth, and the findings are inspiring.

Climbing provides more than physical benefits. Studies show it supports emotional regulation, confidence, coordination, and focus, while encouraging trust and communication through the belayer-climber relationship.

For autistic individuals, the structure and predictability of climbing create a sense of safety and control. Each movement becomes a moment of mindfulness, helping participants connect mind and body.

🌿 At ClimbWell, we see these benefits in action every day where movement becomes therapy and confidence is built one hold at a time.

07/11/2025

🧗‍♀️ Research in Action!

At ClimbWell and Oasis Climbing, we believe in continually growing through evidence and understanding.

Recently, Curtin University students completing their honours year have explored the therapeutic benefits of rock climbing for autistic youth — conducting in-depth literature reviews based on existing research from around the world.

These reviews bring together evidence showing how climbing supports emotional regulation, confidence, focus, and social connection — helping to build a pathway for wellbeing that goes beyond traditional exercise.

We’re proud to have supported these students by sharing insight into our programs and client experiences, helping shape the foundations of their future PhD research.

🌿 Over the next few Fridays, we’ll be sharing highlights and insights drawn from this research — s

👉 Follow along for Week 1: Climbing as a Therapeutic Tool for Autistic Youth.

17/10/2025

At ClimbWell, we believe every climber deserves the chance to grow — on and off the wall 🧗‍♀️

Our NDIS-funded sessions create a supportive space for neurodivergent and disabled participants to build calmness, confidence, and resilience through movement and mindfulness.

Each session is guided by experienced coaches who understand and celebrate every individual’s strengths 🌿

👉 Book your first lesson at https://www.climbwell.com.au/ndis/