General
Thriving Kids, Struggling Adults: The NSW Budget's Missing Billion
Over a billion dollars will flow into disability-adjacent programs across NSW. If you are a working-age AuDHD Australian, almost none of it is for you.
1 July 2026Read more
News & Updates
From the AuDHD Council.
Advocacy updates, position statements, and news from Australia's peak body for people with co-occurring Autism and ADHD.
Advocacy
NSW Psychosocial Hazard Laws Just Changed. Here's What That Means for Us
From today, managing psychosocial hazards at work in NSW is no longer considered best practice. It is the law. Section 26A of the *Work Health and Safety Act 2011* (NSW) has come into effect, making the *Code of Practice: Managing Psychosocial Hazards at Work* legally enforceable. Employers can no longer point to good intentions or informal policies as evidence of compliance. They must either follow the Code, or demonstrate to SafeWork NSW that they are managing psychosocial risk to an equal or higher standard, with documented evidence to support that claim.
1 July 2026Read more
General
Public Position Statement: Dept of Employment and Workplace Relations Portfolio Budget Statement 2026–27
The AuDHD Council welcomes the stronger national focus on psychosocial hazards and evidence-based work health and safety reform — but remains concerned that people with co-occurring Autism and ADHD remain largely invisible within mainstream policy settings.
1 July 2026Read more
General
Public Statement on the 2026–27 Federal Budget
The AuDHD Council welcomes continued investment in employment, skills, and workplace reform — and calls for a shift from participation to long-term career sustainability for people with co-occurring Autism and ADHD.
1 July 2026Read more
General
Advocating for Australians Living with AuDHD
The AuDHD Council of Australia was established to ensure that adults with co-occurring Autism and ADHD are visible, represented, and meaningfully included in Australian workplaces, policy development, and community life.
1 July 2026Read more
Community
Celebrating Women with AuDHD: A Call to Action on International Women's Day
This International Women's Day, the AuDHD Council of Australia celebrates the contributions of women with co-occurring Autism and ADHD across the Australian workforce — and calls for the structural changes needed to support them.
8 March 2026Read more
Governance
Board Director Opportunity: AuDHD Council of Australia
The AuDHD Council of Australia is seeking a Board Appointed Director with expertise in policy and advocacy and/or marketing communications to join our governing Board.
9 August 2026Read more
Advocacy
Our response to BBC Autism Story: Function, not category
A position paper of the AuDHD Council of Australia On the debate about how autism is defined, and what it means for Australia's move to functional-capacity assessment
26 August 2026Read more
Advocacy
Our Submission on the Future of Employment Services
On 30 July we lodged our submission to the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations on the future of employment services. The central request is a small one: let the assessment record what a person can actually do.
30 July 2026Read more
Community
Growth That Includes Human Capacity: Insights from the Future Makers Summit
The Future Makers Summit brought together business leaders, policymakers, and founders to explore what it takes to build strong, future-ready businesses in Australia — and the AuDHD Council was there.
27 July 2026Read more
Community
Lessons from ACE26: The neuroscience of belonging and how that translates to AuDHD masking
At the AuSAE ACE26 conference in Brisbane this week, neuroscientist and criminologist Milo Wilkinson opened with a distinction most of the room heard as a leadership lesson. For people with AuDHD, it is closer to a clinical description. “Fitting in is not belonging.”
30 August 2026Read more