Hers was not the first phone call I’d received like this,but it was the first one I’d taken from a complete stranger.
WA researchers hope fill a gap for autism early intervention services in an Australian-first trial.
"Coles,I reject your disrespect toward myself and my son,and the reinforcement from society we are not worthy of consideration all the time,at times convenient to us."
Seven more schools in Western Australia will offer a specialist learning program for students with autism spectrum disorder from 2019.
As part of a program set to be rolled out nationwide,Coles stores have introduced a"quiet hour"to better help shoppers on the autism spectrum.
An ex-FaCS worker has confessed to verbally abusing and threatening an autistic,non-verbal boy he was looking after at a government-run respite care centre.
The peak body for people on the autism spectrum has criticised 60 Minutes for showing confronting footage of an autistic boy acting violently towards his mother.
Trials have already shown promising results,but is reading other people’s emotions always all it’s cracked up to be?
The playground's design aims to allow children of every ability to play,catering for all physical or intellectual considerations.
Some families were knocked back because their child's school was in their priority enrollment area,and others because it was too far away.
The latest research suggests a widely used screening tool may be biased towards diagnosing more men than women.