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Ella Azura Pardy is one name you need to know before Usain Bolt's Nitro Athletics event in Melbourne next month.
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A social media site created by a Tasmanian man and designed for people with disabilities is being praised by users as a useful place to make friends and to look for advice about services.
Topics: community-and-society, disabilities, health, autism-spectrum-disorder, anxiety, social-media, internet-culture, information-and-communication, tas, australia
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A Naracoorte child psychologist says children on the cusp of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may be missing out on vital early treatment because some parents may not realise their child needs specialist intervention.
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A mother from country New South Wales, who struggled to find the right help when her son was diagnosed with autism, launches an app to help other parents.
Topics: autism-spectrum-disorder, health, child-health-and-behaviour, orange-2800
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An analysis of more than 4,000 blood samples from pregnant women and their children finds women with low vitamin D are more likely to have children with autistic traits by the age of six.
Topics: autism-spectrum-disorder, diseases-and-disorders, health, medical-research, reproduction-and-contraception, pregnancy-and-childbirth, qld, australia
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Australian children are missing out on vital early treatment for autism spectrum disorder because of a lag in diagnosis, the Australian Medical Association says.
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An autism advocacy body calls on governments to develop a national approach to deal with autism in the education system.
Topics: autism-spectrum-disorder, access-to-education, disabilities, children, morwell-3840
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An Albury mother writes a children's picture book to raise awareness of autistic children.
Topics: disabilities, autism-spectrum-disorder, family-and-children, books-literature, albury-2640
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A volunteer-based community group is helping improve the lives of young autistic girls in Canberra through inclusive social meet-ups.
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A north Queensland arts organisation is helping locals use creativity to exchange ideas on an equal playing field.
Topics: performance-art, art-and-creativity, art-and-design, disabilities, autism-spectrum-disorder, regional, mackay-4740
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| UpdatedA UK father's search for a discontinued blue cup his son with severe autism drinks exclusively from sparks responses from around the world.
Topics: human-interest, family-and-children, parenting, offbeat, autism-spectrum-disorder, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedWhat was seen as a hurdle is now a prerequisite as companies see the benefits of employing workers who are on the autism spectrum.
Topics: autism-spectrum-disorder, pig-production, animals, adelaide-5000
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Sixty north Queensland students get a taste of life as a full-time carer during a holiday camp that will give some carers with the only break they will get all year.
Topics: volunteers, disabilities, autism-spectrum-disorder, primary-schools, carers, secondary-schools, children, kids-games-and-links, mackay-4740
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For people with autism and their families, lack of understanding and social stigma can be detrimental to mental health.
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A Brisbane brotherly duo advocate for greater awareness for autism and depression by building and maintaining gardens throughout the river city.
Topics: community-and-society, charities-and-community-organisations, depression, autism-spectrum-disorder, gardening, people, human-interest, health, brisbane-4000