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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

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 ...

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Parents of picky eaters hear this all the time: ‘She’ll eat if she’s hungry enough’. Here are some diet solutions

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 ...

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Escape the hustle and bustle: Amaze joins forces with Parks Victoria and Jells Park for new social script

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 ...

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How do you know when it’s autism and when it’s a personality trait? Australian screening test hailed as ‘most successful in world’

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 ...

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Watch The Birthday Party: a film to help educators, health care workers and parents identify autism signs in children

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 ...

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Sensory-friendly design enters the classroom: any setting can be retrofitted to improve its sensory environment 

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 ...

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