The Neurodiverse Clinic
“We don’t teach masking. We teach self‑understanding, advocacy, and authentic living.”
Our Director's Mission
A small clinic with a big purpose
The Neurodiverse Clinic was created to provide something different: truly personalised support for autistic and neurodivergent people. As a small, bespoke practice, we put our clients first, ensuring every person and family we work with feels seen, heard, and understood.
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Meet Leona
Our Director, Leo Wicks, is a specialist level NDIS behaviour support practitioner with a background in teaching, psychology, and postgraduate studies in Autism and Neurodivergence. As an autistic professional, she combines lived experience with advanced clinical expertise. This unique perspective means she understands both what the research says and how support really feels for the people receiving it. Leo's lived experience brings compassion and real world insight, while her training ensures strategies are evidence based and tailored to each person’s goals. Her autistic special interest is in the brain, neuroscience, behaviour, and autism, Leo is deeply committed to helping neurodivergent people understand their own differences so they can live more authentically.
Leona Wicks, Founder & Director
​Our approach
We recognise that an autism diagnosis is based on two main areas: differences in social communication and interaction, and patterns such as repetitive behaviours, strong interests, or unique sensory experiences. We see these not as deficits, but as natural parts of a person’s neurotype. We help individuals and their families understand these differences, identify the strengths they bring, and, if they choose, work on the areas that may be making daily life more difficult, so they can live more authentically and meaningfully. Leo believes that autism and neurodivergence bring unique ways of thinking, sensing, and connecting that should be understood and celebrated. Her approach is never about teaching people to mask or suppress who they are. It is about helping each individual understand their own neurotype, recognise and use their strengths, advocate for their needs, and participate fully in their communities on their own terms.
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Collaboration matters
We are deeply committed to working with local educators, schools, allied health professionals, and NDIS providers to create environments where autistic and neurodivergent people do more than cope; they thrive. This means equipping teams to truly understand and value each person’s special interests, cognitive strengths, and individual ways of learning, communicating, and engaging with the world. We believe that when sensory and communication preferences are not just accommodated but embraced, quality of life improves significantly. Every action we take is driven by this belief, and we work tirelessly to make it a reality for every client we support.
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