An Autistic peer support group where we support celebrations, provide
connections and create communities.
Stephen Shore coined the phrase
“If you’ve met one person with Autism, you’ve met one person with Autism”.
Different Journeys recognises this because each and everyone’s journey with Autism is different. No two journeys are the same because no one individual is the same.
Our Purpose
To provide social platforms that connect Autistic youth and Autistic adults and their families in inclusive safe and supportive environments.
This enables us to provide individualised wraparound supports to decrease the prevalence of mental illness and social
isolation in the Autism community and enhance their employment and education opportunities. It also creates a place for the broader community to embrace, learn from and empower the Autism community.
Our Mission
To create ways for the Autistic community to connect, empower and support each other and exchange isolation, prejudice and ignorance with connections, hope and community. We support Celebrations. We provide Connections. We create Communities.
Our Vision
A future where Autistic people fully participate in public life facilitated by community awareness and understanding.
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Our Story
Different Journeys was born as a need rather than a want. Two parents couldn’t find any supports or services for their teenage children and felt it was essential for their teens to learn the strategies and develop the resilience to rise above the obstacles placed in their way.
Our Team
The support of all members within Different Journeys is incredible. We would not be what we are today without them. Everyone has a role, and together with the collaboration of our community we are constantly trying to improve the lives of people with autism and their families.
Different Journeys recognises and embraces the richness, strengths and opportunities that diversity brings and encourages and respects a diverse range of individuals and views.
Different Journeys acknowledge that we live, work, and meet together on the lands of the Kulin nation. We acknowledge the continuing connection to this land that members of the Kulin nation have, and we thank them for caring for the land and waters since time immemorial. We acknowledge Elders past and present. We recognise and respect that sovereignty was never ceded, and a treaty has yet to be signed. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.
Different Journeys collects personal information where it is reasonably necessary for, or directly related to, one or more of its functions or activities. Different Journeys handles personal information in accordance with the obligations in the Privacy Act 1988.
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