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Celebrating their work achievements!

From the Autism Association’s AIM Employment Services we would like to congratulate Victor and Toni for 10 years of employed service at Brightwater Linen. Congratulations also to Palini, Simon and […]

Finding his voice

When mum Angela first realised her son Jordan was struggling to communicate it became the number one priority—they had to find a way. Unable to voice his needs and wishes […]

How Christoph keeps on learning

Christoph’s mum, Desiree, said she would love to see her son write his own name—one day. That was in March 2015. Now at the beginning of 2017, we look back […]

NDIS full-scheme roll-out to commence July 1 2017

The Autism Association of Western Australia welcomes the signing of a Bilateral Agreement between the State and the Commonwealth to enable the roll out of NDIS in WA. This WA […]

Printers know value of employing people with Autism

Printing Industries Association of Australia (PIAA) is encouraging printers across Australia to employ people with Autism. PIAA Chief Executive Officer Andrew Macaulay says: “Given the right job those with Autism […]

Variety WA Motor Mouth Camp | October 2017

The Variety Motor Mouth Camp is a four day/three night camp, running from Thursday 5th October to Sunday 8th October 2017, for school aged children who use Augmentative and Alternative […]

Establishing evidence for practice for supporting children with Autism in childcare

The Autism Association of Western Australia, together with Curtin University and prominent university partners from across Australia, established a research program in 2012 designed to evaluate the early intervention services […]

An Australia-first peer mentoring research project

Supporting young adults with Autism in higher education and beyond Moving from secondary school to the university environment and from university to a workplace can be daunting for any young […]

KONTAKT – A Social Skills Training Program for Teenagers

We are very excited to announce our collaboration with Curtin University to implement a manualised social skills training program for teenagers with Autism. Curtin University Autism Research Group (CARG) and […]

New! Thinking Ahead (e-book)

We are excited to launch or most recent publication  Thinking Ahead: Students with Autism moving to high school and beyond Our specialist team of clinicians wrote this publication in response […]

International Day of People with Disability

Photo: Riley, Kristie and Hayden The West Australian have published a lift out today with articles about the achievements of people with disability, their families and the organisations that support […]

An Extra-ordinary Conversation – A Letter From A Parent

I waited outside his classroom door for only a few minutes, however they felt like hours. Suddenly out he rushes, first one to open the door, grab his backpack and […]