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Participate in a Research Study with Deakin University

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Supporting the Tactile System in Everyday Life

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As a parent, few things are as exhausting as bedtime battles, night wakings, or 4 a.m. starts to the day. If your child is autistic and struggles with sleep, you’re not alone. Sleep challenges are common in autistic chil...

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Does your child cover their ears when the vacuum turns on? Avoid certain clothes? Or maybe they’re constantly on the move, jumping, spinning, or crashing into things? These behaviours can feel confusing or even frustrati...

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As a parent, you want the best for your child and that includes helping them thrive in everyday life. If your child has been diagnosed with autism or you’re beginning to explore the possibility, it’s normal to have quest...

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We love keeping up to date with autism and neurodivergent news and stories, there's always so much going on. We wanted to share a small selection of some of these with you, our beloved community, each week. And of course...

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As a parent or carer one of your primary goals is to support your child, whatever their age, to live their best life and realise their full potential. But it can be difficult as a parent to put yourself in your child’s s...

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What is a behaviour of concern?

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It is quite possible that by now you will have heard of the NDIA’s intention to introduce Independent Assessments (IAs) to determine the funding in individuals’ NDIS plans. It seems that in spite of considerable resistan...

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If you’re on this website and reading this post, it probably won’t have escaped your attention that late last week the Federal Government Minister for the NDIS, Mr. Stuart Roberts made a big, fat, juicy and rather delici...

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I recently learnt that every year on 18th June, pretty much slap bang in the middle of Pride month, is Autistic Pride Day. And I have a confession to make. I didn't know.  As a straight, neurotypical kind of person you m...

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