Free for all schools from 2027
Introducing LEANS Australia
There are thousands of neurodivergent students in Australian classrooms today. But a gap in the curriculum means they won't be taught to understand or value their differences, and neither will their peers.
We're finally about to close that gap.
Learning About Neurodiversity at School (LEANS) is a free, classroom-ready program that gives teachers the tools to build empathy, insight and mutual understanding among all students.
Why is LEANS important?
For neurodivergent kids & their families?
LEANS is evidence-based and proven to improve understanding, acceptance and belonging for neurodivergent children in mainstream classrooms.
For all other kids?
Teachers deliver it to the whole class, so neurodivergent students and neurotypical students learn together.
For teachers?
LEANS has been mapped to the Australian Curriculum, meaning it naturally fits into everyday classroom teaching rather than becoming “one more thing” for educators.
For everyone else?
We've made sure LEANS will be free and widely accessible. Because it doesn't only help the neurodivergent kids. It helps everyone. It teaches our young people about respectful relationships, emotional wellbeing, empathy, and diversity in everyday life.
“The experiences and reactions of some of the neurodivergent characters resonate deeply with my younger self and I have been left with a strong impression that the LEANS resource gets to the absolute heart of what it means to grow up with a different brain-wiring..."
– Sarah Douglas,
LEANS educator design team
"I think that studying LEANS genuinely made an impact on the class. Individual children felt and explained that they recognised themselves as neurodivergent (in different ways) and they appeared to have a ‘penny drop’ moment…. I think it helped children to have a better understanding of the way others are/feel, and also why learning can be different and is delivered differently to them."
– Teacher
"We are proud to lead this work as an Autistic-led organisation because we know that when children learn early that every brain is different and valuable, it lays important foundations for more understanding and inclusive classroom cultures."
- Sharon Fraser,
CEO, Reframing Autism