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What’s election day like for an autistic person?

Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Written by Amaze employee and autistic adult Joel Wilson In the lead up to the Victoria state election 2018, I interviewed my Amaze colleague and autistic woman Prue Stevenson about ...

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

Posted on Wednesday, October 24, 2018

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

Posted on Sunday, October 21, 2018

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

Posted on Friday, October 19, 2018

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’

Posted on Thursday, October 11, 2018

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