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APAC 2025 is Coming to Perth!

We are pleased to announce the Autism Association of Western Australia is hosting the Asia Pacific Autism Conference 2025 in Perth, Western Australia on behalf of the Australian Advisory Board […]

AAC Awareness Month 2024: Let’s Talk About Augmentative and Alternative Communication

October marked AAC Awareness Month: a month dedicated to showcasing the different ways individuals use Augmentative and Alternative Communication in their daily lives. Everybody has the right to communicate in […]

Annual Come and Try Session Brings More Families Together Than Ever Before

This year’s Autism in Cricket Come and Try Session saw a record number of families join us at the WACA Ground.   Having grown significantly since its inception, the annual […]

Mili Helps Out Her Community

“I wanted to help the community because it gives me something purposeful to do which aids other people.” When Mili made the decision to start volunteering at her local Op […]

Congratulations and Celebrations: Our 2024 Long Service Staff Awards!

This year we had an incredible 70 staff receive a Long Service Award for their valuable contributions to the Association. Our 2024 Long Service Staff Awards were held at our […]

Samantha Conquers Her Fears After Royal Show Visit

“If I was scared? I was a bit, but I did it.” – Samantha When Samantha attended the Royal Show last year, she conquered more than her fear of holding […]

Wrapping Up World Autism Month 2024: A Month of Igniting Change!

This April, we recognised World Autism Month – kicking things off with World Autism Day and the start of World Autism Week on Tuesday the 2nd of April.  The month was all about […]

Jack’s Pitch Perfect Cricket Season with the Swans

“I attended the Autism in Cricket event, signed up to play for the Warnbro Swans, and it’s the best thing I ever did.” – Jack Among the army of Australians […]

Nolan Exceeds His Goals Through the Regional Intensive Therapy Program

“It’s just honestly the best thing we’ve done for Nolan, and you just get so much, peace of mind, if nothing else, that what you’re doing is in their best […]

Largest Come and Try Session to Date!

Having grown year on year, Saturday’s Autism in Cricket Come and Try Session was our largest event to date, with over 250 registrations received to join us at the WACA […]

Dreaming of a Christmas Pantomime

For more than 20 years, Ben has been a proud member of the Superfins group, a squad of over 40 friends who train together each week to participate in different […]

Celebrating World Autism Month 2023

We celebrated World Autism Month this April! We kicked off the month with World Autism Week starting on Monday the 27th of March and finishing up with World Autism Day […]