Speakers

Dr Kathleen Schubert

Kathleen brings over a decade of experience supporting thousands of clients worldwide and provided a mentoring role with other practitioners, but her most important insight came when she realised she

had been hidden in plain sight.

A former functional and naturopathic practitioner, she now works as a keynote speaker, author, and autism advocate bringing both clinical insight and lived experience to the growing conversation around neurodivergence. Diagnosed with autism in midlife, Kathleen speaks candidly about the gender inequities that have led to widespread under-recognition, misdiagnosis, and missed diagnosis of autism in women. Her work challenges long-held assumptions within healthcare and highlights how neurodivergence can remain hidden in plain sight, often behind burnout, anxiety, and complex health presentations.

She is the author of multiple books, including U Don’t Seem Autistic, which explores the lived experience of late-diagnosed autistic women and offers insight into how autism can go unrecognised in clinical and professional environments. Through her writing, Kathleen brings together lived experience, clinical insight, and emerging perspectives to help professionals better understand the behavioural, emotional, and physiological patterns that may indicate underlying neurodivergence.

Her work also extends into neurodivergent storytelling for children, reflecting a commitment to early understanding and representation. Drawing on both her clinical background and lived experience, as well as advanced degrees in integrative medicine and anthropology, she delivers practical, evidence-informed insights into how neurodivergence presents in real-world settings and what professionals can do differently. Her keynotes equip audiences with strategies to improve communication, accessibility, and inclusive practice across industries.

As the founder and former director of Dr Kathleen & Team, she led a multidisciplinary integrative health practice, supporting thousands of clients globally, many navigating burnout, high performance, and the pressure to “hold it all together.”

Her work empowered people to feel strong, confident, and fully themselves, experiences that now deeply inform her understanding of how neurodivergence can be overlooked in capable, high-masking individuals. Kathleen’s advocacy extends beyond the stage into real-world change, from reshaping neurodivergent-inclusive communication and educational materials to championing accessibility initiatives, including service dog support in public spaces. And it starts with one critical shift: Because once you see what’s been hidden in plain sight, it becomes impossible to ignore, and impossible to practice the same way again.

Genevieve Dharamaraj

Genevieve Dharamaraj is a functional neurologist and childhood neurodevelopment specialist known for

helping nonverbal children develop speech and improving outcomes in complex neurological cases. She holds a Bachelor of Science, a Master of Chiropractic, and is certified in Childhood Neurodevelopmental Disorders (FIBFN-CND).

She is the founder of Nurturing Brain Potential, where she leads a results-focused team using developmental

neurology, digital therapeutics, and advanced brain-based technologies. Her work targets functional gaps in the brain to improve communication, regulation, and cognitive performance.

Genevieve has helped over 30 nonverbal clients transition to verbal communication, with measurable

improvements in behaviour, attention, and engagement. She is an international speaker, presenting across Australia, Europe, and the Middle East on functional neurology, autism, and neuroplasticity. She delivers practical frameworks clinicians can apply immediately in practice.

Genevieve co-authored a children’s book with Dr Robert Melillo and has trained alongside global leaders

including Dr Kyle Daigle. She is also an endurance athlete and Ironman finisher, bringing discipline and resilience into her clinical work.

Genevieve speaks with clarity, delivers actionable strategies, and leaves audiences equipped to create real

change in the lives of their clients.

Diana Boot

Diana is a compounding pharmacist and naturopath, with a focus on personalised medicines and appropriate deprescribing of prescription medicines.

Diana and her husband founded Natural Script, a bespoke dispensary service empowering practitioners to create personalised medicines tailored to the specific needs of their patients. She supports practitioners to

confidently prescribe high-quality bespoke compounds, including nutritional and pharmaceutical compounds, liquid herbs, herbal creams and pessaries, and practitioner only supplements.

Her clinical practice is focussed on helping patients reduce their reliance on pharmaceutical medicines for mood, gut and cardiometabolic conditions which can be managed effectively with more integrative approaches.

Michelle Garnett

Dr Michelle Garnett PhD is a clinical psychologist who has specialised in autism for more than 30 years as a clinician, clinic director, author, presenter and researcher. Alongside Prof Tony Attwood she co-founded Attwood & Garnett Events to enhance autism awareness globally. She has co-authored nine books on autism and many peer-reviewed journal articles. She has been an invited keynote speaker and conference presenter internationally for over two decades. Dr Garnett is autistic and ADHD, late diagnosed.

Jules Galloway

Jules Galloway is a straight-talking degree qualified naturopath, international speaker, mentor and

podcaster. With over 20 years of industry experience, Jules has made it her mission to help her community recover from fatigue, anxiety and mental health issues. She has a special interest in neurodivergent wellbeing (with lived experience as an ADHDer) and is currently undertaking postgraduate studies in mental health and neuroscience.

Jules is the creator of “Adult ADHD for Practitioners” and the "Adult ADHD Naturally" membership. She also sees 1:1 clients via telehealth. She is passionate about guiding the next generation of practitioners to become confident, capable and successful clinicians... without burning out.

You can find Jules at http://julesgalloway.com, on Facebook and Instagram at @julesgallowayhealth.