Originally published June 20, 2026
Introducing the first-ever International Less Compliance Month. Learn why the movement was created, explore free resources, and discover how interoception, curiosity, and collaboration can support meaningful participation.
This July, we’re launching the first-ever International Less Compliance Month.
Why? Because over and over again, I keep hearing the same thing from parents, educators, therapists, and self-helpers:
“I know compliance isn’t working, but I don’t know what to do instead.”
Many of us have been taught that when participation becomes difficult, the solution is more pressure. More rewards. More consequences. More behavior charts. More plans designed to change outward behavior.
Yet despite all of these efforts, many people continue to struggle. Not because they don’t care. Not because they aren’t trying. But because they may need a different kind of support. Over the past year, our community began having deeper conversations about what happens when we shift from asking:
“How do we make someone do it?”
to asking:
“What might this person need in order to participate successfully?”
Again and again, these conversations led us back to interoception: the ability to notice and understand what is happening inside the body and use that information to support participation. To learn more, we invited our community to share their thoughts on what “less compliance” means to them. More than 300 parents, educators, therapists, neurodivergent adults, and self-helpers responded.
What emerged was not a call for chaos, permissiveness, or lower expectations. It was a call for more curiosity. More collaboration. More inner understanding. More support for helping people navigate challenges successfully. That conversation ultimately inspired the creation of International Less Compliance Month.
How We’re Celebrating International Less Compliance Month
As conversations about Less Compliance, More Interoception continue growing in homes, schools, therapy settings, and communities around the world, we wanted to create practical resources to support the movement. To celebrate International Less Compliance Month, we’re sharing two free resources with our community.
The Less Compliance Community Booklet
This free 90+ page booklet brings together insights, perspectives, practical examples, and advocacy language from more than 300 community members.
You’ll find real-world examples of how people are applying less compliance principles across home, school, therapy, and everyday life, along with ideas for navigating common misconceptions and pushback.
Free Online Course: Less Compliance, More Interoception
We’re also offering a free course exploring the growing Less Compliance movement through an interoception-informed lens.
Together, we’ll explore why lasting participation is often built through curiosity, validation, collaboration, and understanding—not pressure, rewards, or control.
We’ll also explore how helping people better understand their body signals can create a foundation for self-regulation, self-advocacy, and meaningful participation.
Join the Less Compliance Conversation
Whether you are a parent, educator, therapist, or self-helper, I hope you’ll join us.
Because when participation becomes difficult, the answer is rarely more compliance. The answer comes from understanding what makes participation possible.
Happy International Less Compliance Month!
-Kelly
