Understanding the Difference Between Positive Behaviour Support and Psychology in the NDIS
The Core Distinction: Internal vs External When you’re navigating NDIS planning, you’ll likely come across both Psychology and Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) as funding options. Both are valuable. Both support wellbeing. But they take very different approaches, and understanding that difference helps you make an informed choice about what’s needed. The simplest way to think about it is this: Psychology focuses on internal experiences – emotions, thoughts, how someone processes […]
Voice Banking: Preserving Your Voice Before It Changes
What is Voice Banking? Voice banking is a way to preserve your voice using technology. It works by recording samples of your speech – usually between 150 and 300 phrases – which are then used to create a personalised synthetic voice that sounds like you. This isn’t the generic, robotic text-to-speech voice you might associate with communication devices. It’s your voice. […]
How Occupational Therapy Supports Autistic Adults Into Employment
Why Employment Feels Out of Reach (And Why It Doesn’t Have To Be) If you’re supporting an autistic young adult with complex needs, the question of employment has probably crossed your mind more than once. Maybe it feels like an impossible goal. Maybe you’ve been told it’s “not realistic” or that the support requirements are […]
