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NDIS: DRCO Forum 1 July

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Subject: Fwd: DRCO Forum 1 July [SEC=OFFICIAL]
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 16:14:28 +1000
From: Bob Buckley (A4 Convenor) <convenor@a4.org.au>
To: <XXX@ndis.gov.au>

Hi XXX

I notice that the Actions from the last DRCO Forum says you would contact "the Autism Alliance and any other interested organisations about the NDIA business system and Participant Portal". I am an interested party who raised stuff relating to this issue in the meeting. I have heard nothing more. Has anything happened?

Perth psychologist Agni Angelkovska suspended after professional misconduct finding

By bobb |
Disgraced psychologist Agni Angelkovska has been ordered to undertake an education program.

Ryan Young

A psychologist who threw water at a 12-year-old boy with autism and said older students would pummel him has learnt her fate.

A Perth psychologist who was allowed to continue working despite receiving a conviction for assaulting a child with autism in 2014 has finally been suspended from practising.

Agni Angelkovska was the director of psychological and counselling services at the prestigious Christ Church Grammar School when a magistrate found she “lost the plot”.

Please involve the autism community in creating a National Autism Strategy

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Subject: Please involve the autism community in creating a National Autism Strategy.
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2022 13:31:52 +1000
From: Bob Buckley (A4 Convenor) <convenor@a4.org.au>
To: The Hon. Mr. Shorten MP <Bill.Shorten.MP@aph.gov.au>
CC: Senator Carol Brown <senator.carol.brown@aph.gov.au>, ...

Dear The Hon. Bill Shorten MP

Australian Autism Alliance - scorecard for the 2022 Federal Election

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Australian Autism Alliance logo

Federal Election 2022 – Scorecard Major Parties new commitments to Shifting the Dial on Autism

The Australian Autism Alliance (Alliance) welcomes the commitment from the Coalition, Labor and the Greens to introduce a new National Autism Strategy in the next term of Parliament. The Alliance believe this will be critical in shaping the future policy agenda and help improve the life outcomes of hundreds of thousands of Autistic Australians.

Election 2022: Coalition earmarks ambitions to develop national autism strategy

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Families and social services minister Anne Ruston. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas)

Melissa Coade

Ways to build the workforce capability for people living with autism will be one of the key pillars of a Liberal plan to develop a nationwide approach to autism-specific services.

The Coalition has pledged $1 million to develop a strategy within the next year, aimed at improving service integration and access for services and increasing awareness about autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

National autism strategy in the pipeline, with both Coalition and Labor committing to plan

By bobb |
children walking forward (away from camera)

Australia is set to develop a national autism strategy regardless of who wins the federal election — a move that has been welcomed as a "good start" to changing community attitudes ;to children and young people with a disability.

Key points:

  • A parliamentary committee recommended an autism strategy after examining services, support and life outcomes for people with the condition
  • Both Labor and the Coalition have committed to introducing a strategy if elected on May 21
  • Advocates say a national strategy is a good start but more needs to be done

Earlier this year, a parliamentary committee that examined the services, support and life outcomes for people with autism recommended the establishment of a national strategy.

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