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  • Application 2026

  • Thanks for applying to become a NEW Young Neurodiversity Champion

    To apply to become a Young Neurodiversity Champion, this form asks you for:

    • Your contact details AND details for a parent/caregiver details
    • Information about you, your experiences, and why would you like to become a Young Neurodiversity Champion

    We're asking for this information so we can get in touch with you easily and can understand who you are. We will keep this information private and share it with anyone outside of the YNC application team. You can check and correct the information you share with us at any time. 

    If you need any help with this application, or have a special request, please get in touch at ceo@ync.org.nz

    If you haven't already, check us out here:

    https://www.neurodiversity.org.nz/neurodiversity-champions

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    • Contact Details 
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    • What is your date of birth?*
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      2 digit day, 2 digit month, 4 digit year

    • Why do we need for parent/caregiver details?

      The age range of our Young Neurodiversity Champions is 15-23 years. If you are under 18, we need to be able to touch base with your parent or caregiver to check that they are ok with you joining us. If you are over 18, having an extra point of contact for you is really helpful in case your phone number or email address changes. 

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    • About You, Your Experiences, Your Vision and Your Why 

    • Tell us about you!

      We'd love to know more about who you are, what you are like, and why you would like to be a Young Neurodiversity Champion.

      There are four sections here:

      1. About you
      2. About your experiences as a young neurodivergent person
      3. What changes you would like to see
      4. Why you would like to be a Young Neurodiversity Champion

      You can tackle each section on it's own or merge them together. We've given you lots of opportunities to share here, but don't feel that you have to fill in everything - we just want to be able to understand who you are and why you might make a great Young Neurodiversity Champion.  

      You can either write directly in this form OR upload a file, voice recording or video - whatever suits you best. If you are uploading a file, please double check it's easily shareable so we're not 'locked out' of accesing it. The max size for each file you upload is 500MB.

    • 1. About you

      Tell us about who you are, how your brain works, your unique 'flavour' of neurodivergence, what you do at school, study or work (as applicable) and in your life generally. Help us understand your awesomeness!
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    • 2. Your experiences

      What is your experience of being a young neurodivergent person? How does your neurodivergence impact you, your life, your goals, etc? How has school / study / work been for you? Include the positives, negatives, and in-betweens.
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    • 3. Your vision

      What changes would you like to see in New Zealand for young neurodivergent people... in school, study, work and in general? What would most help young neurodivergent people?
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    • 4. Your why

      Why would you like to become a Young Neurodiversity Champion? What excites you about joining us? What do you hope to gain from the experience of being a Young Neurodiversity Champion?
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    • That's it! Ready to Submit? 

    • Thanks for your time and effort - you're all done!

      You can hit SUBMIT now to send us your application or SAVE and keep working on your application and come back to it later. 

      Once you've hit submit, we'll check out the applications we have and be in touch with everyone again over the next month. 

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