The parents of a profoundly ­autistic child have warned that “more families will blow up” if the NDIS does not better support parents of children with high needs.

COMMUNITY CHAMPION AWARD FINALISTLa Trobe UniveristyCommunity first: centring autistic voices at the Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre ...

The obvious sensitivities around disability and mental health accentuate the political challenge of scaling back the insurance scheme.

The federal government has released the model for its Thriving Kids program, aimed at setting up services and supports run by states and territories outside the NDIS.

Available now, businesses can sign up to Mastercard's Inclusion Hub which features 25 practical measures for venues to adapt, including Sensory Notes, which was piloted at this year's Australian Open ...

The number of older children and adults being diagnosed with it under the National Disability Insurance Scheme is surging, costing taxpayers far more each year.

Today the federal government released Australia’s first National Autism Strategy, with A$42 million of funding for the first stage of the strategy. Many autistic Australians and their families ...

Signs of her ADHD and autism were overlooked until she was 30 but new reforms could change things for Aussies like her.

new video loaded: Lost autistic boy found after five days in Australian bush Australian police in a search helicopter have found 11-year-old autistic boy, Luke Shambrook, who'd been missing in ...

With less than a month left on their lease, Tammy Majeed has been told her family is not eligible for social housing because they still have a roof over their heads.

Researchers from La Trobe University have launched a world-leading toolkit for healthcare professionals to better identify and support Autistic adults at risk of suicide.

A new study found 24 per cent of autistic children met, or were at risk of meeting, the criteria for profound autism ...