I’m Dr. Leia Greenslade (she/they) and I’m neurodivergent.

I bring over 18 years experience as a social worker and university educator, My work is shaped by a commitment to dismantling ableist systems, amplifying lived experience, and supporting people to thrive without compromising their identities. As a social worker, my foundational value base is rooted in dignity, inclusion, and the unwavering belief in every person’s right to be heard and respected.

My lived experience of disability means that I know how hard the struggles can be to carry, because I live them. Since my diagnosis of autism over a decade ago, I’ve been advocating for neurodivergent justice. Through co-creating and writing for the seminal blog Respectfully Connected, co-creating Autistic Family Collective (2013-2016), and most recently, writing and convening the disability courses in the Bachelor and Masters of Social Work programs at Griffith University, I’ve worked to create meaningful change in the lives of neurodivergent people.

My practice is grounded in neurodiversity-affirming, trauma-informed, justice-centred care. I offer flexible, inclusive, and deeply respectful support for neurodivergent people, those still figuring it out, and those that support us, to navigate a world that often demands conformity. This includes 1:1 counselling, advocacy work to help you get your needs met, education services to create learning content that is informed by disability justice, and consultancy services to ensure that your research projects, workplace processes and organisational training are genuinely inclusive, justice-based, and aligned with contemporary disability best practices.

I have a PhD, a Bachelor of Social Work (Grad. Entry), a Graduate Diploma in Professional Counselling and a Bachelor of Arts. I am a member of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) and an affiliate member of the League of Autistic Psychologists and Affirming Colleagues (LOAPAC).

With my formal qualifications and a longstanding history of support, advocacy, education, and research, I can help you name, process, navigate, and challenge barriers in your life. My practice is informed by critical and anti-oppressive social work theories, lived experience, embodied awareness, and a deep unwavering belief in people’s right to live as their whole selves.