News & Updates
The latest news and updates from Asperger Services Australia
Retina scan detects autism in children earlier
Originally Posted Disability Support Guide Thirteen years in the making, new eye scan technology has the potential to detect a biomarker for autism much earlier than current tests. The project by Flinders University has been led by Dr Paul Constable since 2006,...
Government Announces Review of NDIS
The Morrison government has moved to reset community confidence in the National Disability Insurance Scheme, launching a review of its rules and announcing plans for a new service guarantee. NDIS Minister Stuart Robert said on Monday former Finance Department...
Remote Connect
Dear parent and carers, We invite primary carers of children with Asperger's Syndrome and Autism (ASD level 1 & 2 ) to join us in this trial project to provide weekly support sessions, information and connections to remote and rural Queensland via closed and...
High Tea at the Asperger Centre
Join us for HIGH TEA to catch up with friends, enjoy a cup of tea/coffee and piece of cake. Special guest Alison Bortolo from doTerra will demonstrate essential oils and their uses and Aromatouch therapy. When: Friday 13 Sep 2019 Time: 10:00am Where: Asperger Centret...
Are you Autistic
Anna Richardson and campaigners Georgia Harper and Sam Ahern, who both have autism, set out to uncover the true face of autism today. Working closely with charities, experts, and people with autism from across the spectrum. Episode 1 - now available on ABC iView PG CC...
Autism and Sensory Overload
Anna Richardson and campaigners Georgia Harper and Sam Ahern, who both have autism, set out to uncover the true face of autism today. Working closely with charities, experts, and people with autism from across the spectrum. Episode 1 - now available on ABC iView PG CC...
Good Mental Health for Autistic Girls and Women – Dr Tony Attwood
Originally Published verywell Health by Lisa Jo Rudy People with autism are often highly sensitive to their environments. That, of course, means different things to different people on the spectrum — but in general people with autism have unusually sensitive "sensory"...
Looking for Participants for a New ABC Documentary
End of Financial Year
Northern Pictures is making a documentary series (not a reality TV show!) about dating and relationships. They are looking for single people open to meeting and dating someone who is on the autism spectrum and also people who are on the spectrum themselves. The aim is...
A Conversation with Dr. Tony Attwood: Expert Insights on Autism
Australia is now experiencing 1 in 69 people on the Autism Spectrum and services are becoming scarce. Our rural friends are struggling to get to support groups or share their stories with like minded people. This is where Asperger Services Australia (ASA) comes in and...
My Son’s Special School
Originally Published: Hotdoc by Michael McKay Dr. Tony Attwood, Clinical Psychologist, Speaker and Author of 8 Books on Autism Trish lives in Queensland with her husband and three spirited daughters who are all under the age of 10. Along with her husband, two of her...
Susan Boyle, UK singer, diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome
This is Khalid Al Ameri story of his son's very special school. As he said: When my son was first diagnosed on the autism spectrum the first thing I thought about was what his future would be like and what could I do to prepare him for a future where he grow and be...
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