CareSafer™ Primary Care Neuroinclusion & Neuroaffirmative Primary Care

Neuroaffirmative & Neuroinclusive Primary Care Training Details

CareSafer™ is a lived-experience-grounded, evidence-informed training and implementation initiative designed to strengthen the capacity of healthcare providers and systems to deliver safer, neuro-inclusive and neuro-affirmative care. The program focuses on primary care and interdisciplinary clinical settings, addressing well-documented inequities related to misdiagnosis, diagnostic overshadowing, access barriers, communication breakdowns, and preventable harm.

The CareSafer™ curriculum is organized into 4 modular units and integrates neurodiversity-affirming practice, trauma-informed care, legal and human-rights alignment, and system-level responsibility for safety and inclusion. It is designed for virtual or blended delivery and can be adapted to local clinical and organizational contexts impacting broader systems challenges.

CareSafer™ is currently being piloted through an implementation project supported by Healthcare Excellence Canada, in collaboration with a primary care clinic and a network of partners.

The initiative has been developed and led by the Neurodiversity Change Foundation (NCF), a BC-based nonprofit advancing equity and justice for neurodivergent adults.

CareSafer™ is positioned for future research, evaluation, and scale-up through health system and academic partnerships. The inaugural training program opens to the public in June 2026 at accessible prices. The program can be taken as a clinic, or as an individual.