The AFR has published yet another completely uninformed and un-evidenced piece Blame diagnostic inflation for the NDIS’ $10 billion Autism bill - see https://archive.md/p1f9i 

The same author wrote The end of cash for diagnosis? Now that would be a good thing 28/8/2025 - maybe he expects clinicians to diagnose complex conditions for free? Is he advocating moving clinical diagnosis back as a government service? I doubt that very much.

Ros Thomas

Laura Clarke, 52, and Simon Lewis, 49, whose youngest daughter Maddie, 16, has severe autism, told The Australian Weekend Magazine they had not seen an NDIS case worker in five years, “not since the day she entered the system”.

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.