Dear NDIS Ministers Butler and McAllister

Dear NDIS Ministers Butler and McAllister

no doubt you are aware of the AFR editorial today, A truly sustainable NDIS must stop autism creep (see https://archive.md/4GcDX). Your government needs to push back on this misinformation immediately if it hopes to preserve any credibility in relation to autism policy.  

The creep here is the uninformed author of this article.

Media Release

Families of autistic children say they are being left in the dark about how the government will determine which children are classified as having “mild to moderate autism” under the Thriving Kids program. 

Recently, government reported on its Thriving Kids program for children with “mild to moderate autism”: it released reports from

Danielle Mahe

Tammy Majeed has applied for more than 30 rental properties over the past few months without any luck.

The single mother of twin boys, who have both been diagnosed with autism, says the family could become homeless if they do not find housing before their lease ends in March.

The 33-year-old said she had been desperately applying for help, but housing and support services have told her they can't do anything until they no longer have a roof over their head.

As more details emerge of the government’s plan to divert autistic children from the NDIS, the agency administering the scheme is still fighting to have support cut for adult participants. By Rick Morton.