autism
For close to a year, 11-year-old Amber was unable to go to school; she could not even walk through the school gates. Everything Amber’s mum, Peta, and her teachers tried to engage her in her ...
“Communication is a basic human right. Sometimes people think that just because a child with autism has trouble communicating or isn’t verbal, they can’t communicate at all. That is not the case.” April is World ...
Melbourne mother Leah Dean knows as well as anyone that getting the COVID-19 vaccine is not simple for young autistic children like her son Alexander, 13. Loud noises, crowds and bright lights in vaccination centres ...
Melissa Webster has over 20 years’ experience in the community sector working alongside children, young people, and adults with a disability and in particular individuals with a diagnosis of autism, and has been a board ...
MyCareSpace, an online platform connecting people living with a disability to services has been awarded an NDIS Information, Linkages, and Capacity Building grant worth $1 million to build an online hub for children living with ...
The long-awaited release of Australia’s first dedicated Autism Education Strategy received praise from an autism advocacy group, saying that the program will greatly improve existing educational programmes for people living with autism. Amaze, a support group ...
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