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.

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.

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.

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

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 ...

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

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.

A common belief about autistic people is that they are less interested in relationships and social contact than non-autistic people. But, as psychologists Vikram Jaswal and Nameera Akhtar have argued, ...