Two men and two women have allegedly attacked and robbed an autistic man after luring him to the Chisholm shops car park on Monday.

ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to the robbery, and believe the attack occured between 3.30am and 4.10am.

Police say the autistic man was lured to the Chisholm shops car park, after receiving a phone call from an unknown person asking him to meet them there.

When he arrived two men and two women approached him and verbally abused him.

Media Release

This week saw a major milestone for autism advocacy in Australia. The Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO) helped Autism Aspergers Advocacy Australia (A4) prepare and distribute a media release. It was the first time ever that the wider disability community in Australia recognised and helped advocate for specific issues/needs of people living with autism.

National Disability Insurance Agency chief executive David Bowen.Photo: Graham Tidy

The chief executive of the National Disability Insurance Agency has admitted there are gaps in coverage for some ACT families, as administrators respond to criticism regarding delays, bureaucracy and complicated paperwork.

The myth of the ‘extreme male brain’ means women with autism are struggling to get the help they need

Women with autism are often vulnerable to abuse. Photograph: Alamy

Rachel Williams Tuesday 6 January 2015

Media Release

Autism Aspergers Advocacy Australia (A4), the national peak body for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is appealing to Scott Morrison MP, the Minister for Social Services not to turn his back on people with autism.

Philip Gluyas has taken on American anti-autism bloggers in court.

Two "keyboard warriors" - one in Victoria and one in Los Angeles - were involved in heated online arguments over the existence of autism that quickly escalated into death threats, a court has heard.

Philip Gluyas, 49, an umpire in the Ballarat junior football league with Asperger's syndrome, claims to be living in fear after anti-autism blogger Oliver Canby urged people to kill him in a series of posts on the website 'Autism is Bad'.

Canby, who lives in Los Angeles, wanted people to show up at Mr Gluyas' Sebastopol home and murder him, the Supreme Court was told on Tuesday.

Canby, who does not believe Asperger's exists, claimed he would offer a $500 reward to anyone who carried out the murder.

Mr Gluyas, an outspoken advocate for the rights of people with autism, is suing Canby in the Victorian Supreme Court for defamation claiming he had made false and malicious statements about him, exposing him to hate, ridicule and contempt.

Mr Gluyas, who runs the blog 'Phil Gluyas: Autism News and Views. The truth about Autism is here', was first diagnosed with Asperger's in 1997. The condition is considered to be part of the autism spectrum.

More than 50,000 individuals with autism transition into adulthood each year.

The Autism CARES Act will devote $1.3 billion over five years to perform autism research and search for gaps in support.