We are not the voice of our disabled child. Please don’t claim to be able to read your child’s mind. Instead, be a communication partner to help your child make their voice heard
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First published on the Firefly blog If you have a child with a disability, you’re certain to run into the cheerful declaration: “you are your child’s voice”. You can find ...
Parents of picky eaters hear this all the time: ‘She’ll eat if she’s hungry enough’. Here are some diet solutions
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If you’re the parent of an autistic child, there’s every chance you’ve heard plenty of well-intentioned, but unhelpful advice when it comes to picky eating. Do any of these comments ...
Escape the hustle and bustle: Amaze joins forces with Parks Victoria and Jells Park for new social script
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Amaze has forged a fantastic relationship with Parks Victoria to increase the accessibility of its parks for autistic people. The social script resources for autistic people and families have photographs ...
How do you know when it’s autism and when it’s a personality trait? Australian screening test hailed as ‘most successful in world’
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Autism is widely misunderstood, a fact made glaringly apparent when Amaze this year released Community Attitudes and Lived Experience of Autism research. The findings reveal nearly all Australians (98%) have heard ...
Watch The Birthday Party: a film to help educators, health care workers and parents identify autism signs in children
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This film has been designed to help professionals working in education, health-care and social services to identify the signs of autism in children. We also think it could be a ...
Sensory-friendly design enters the classroom: any setting can be retrofitted to improve its sensory environment
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Amaze last month released a research report revealing that the education system is failing autistic students in Australia. Autistic students have the worst educational outcomes of any students with a ...