Queensland parents respond to government’s NDIS plan for autism

Dr. Jessica Paynter, former president of the University of Griffith and former president of Australia Autism Research Association.

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“Autism is a lifetime neurodeutic disability, or he says.

“The use of terms such as light or low is very outdated and many people feel very stigmatized by this language because we know that their support needs can wave… [and those needs] How should we frame it. “

Disability defender Niti Prakash has a child with more than one disabled. He was not against another program, but was disappointed as he was conveyed.

“The problem is to make a public announcement without detail. There is no frame.

“Of course, families are stressful. Of course, uncertainty is spreading.

“Parents deserve clarity, not confusion.”

The nine -year -old son of Anita Perrotta, a disability support worker, has 2 autism, ADHD, Dysgraph and learning impaired. He’s worried that he just started to receive NDIS supports a few months ago and can now be taken.

“Therapies financed through the NDIs helped him grow in such a way that I didn’t think it was possible, or he says.

“It is incredibly upset and angry to think that the ASD community is under the risk of pushing aside.

Brisbane speech pathologist Rhiannon Harrison wrote a five -page letter to the Minister of Health.

“I can’t focus today because I continue to see the faces of the children I love in my head in a very beloved way. I fear what these changes will mean for themselves and their future,” he said.

“[The] Parents [of the children I treat] As about 294,000 people are afraid of… We know that NDIS is not the right system for our children, but the only person we have and the only person approaching the individual needs of each child from a distance. “

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Paynter is afraid that change will take back decimal progress to increase support for autistic children.

“Before the NDIs, he helped assistance with autism (HCWA) program,” he said.

“Under this package, families have reached $ 8000 a year to support the needs of young autistic children. [for two years].

“This was a big change from those who came before him, that many families could spend only one or half an hour per two weeks with an allied healthcare professional.”

Sommer does not regret that his diagnosis is missed in early childhood – “an extraordinary [and supportive] Mom, ”he says, but he sees where he can benefit on the trip and is determined to get his children to get the support they need.

“I have still had anxiety and trauma at extraordinary levels and I haven’t been able to walk the world successfully in many ways, or he says.

“If I had an early intervention for children by the NDIs, my life looked quite different.

“My children will be good because he has an autistic brain and has a mother who has a mother to understand a psychology of development… But it’s really hard for vulnerable parents.”

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