News and updates about autism awareness
Autism Awareness Last week, we celebrated the director’s son’s 10th birthday - double digits for Jayden! It’s hard to believe how quickly time has passed. This milestone was a per
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Autism Awareness I’ve always believed that everything happens for a reason. I know it sounds cliché, but it’s true. My journey with KultureCity is no different, and after recent
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Autism Awareness KultureCity first originated in the USA, and has been in Australia for a few years now. Its focus is on making the nevers possible for people with sensory needs
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Autism Awareness As many of you know, I proudly serve as a board member of KultureCity Australia, and I'm thrilled to share that Spectrum Lawyers is the first law
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Autism Awareness The start of the year is always a busy time for families, particularly those with school-aged children. As we begin another school year, Spectrum Group's Direct
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Autism Awareness I recently had the privilege of being invited by Friend In Me to co-host their third Nurture and Connect Retreat alongside fellow board member, Nicole.
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Autism Awareness To say becoming a mother to a child on the Spectrum, has changed my life would be a huge understatement. Every day, I encounter new challenges, but that also me
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Autism Awareness Did you know that 1 in 6 individuals have a sensory need or an invisible disability? These are individuals with PTSD, autism, dementia, strokes just to name a f
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Autism Awareness When Jayden was just over two years old, he was diagnosed with Autism. Since then, our focus has been giving Jayden all the tools we can to help prepare him for
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Autism Awareness April used to be known as Autism Awareness Month. But in 2021, the designation changed to Autism Acceptance Month. Although it’s only a small change to the name
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Autism Awareness Friend in Me (FIM) is a registered Australian charity that promotes inclusion and acceptance in at risk and disadvantaged children through sensory friendly even
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Autism Awareness The Special Children’s Christmas Parties are the biggest events of their kind in Australia for special needs children and their families, and this year Spectrum
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Autism Awareness As a parent, there are many concerns around COVID and the welfare of our children. But one definite concern for me is that our kids can’t enjoy just being kids.
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Autism Awareness Friend in Me is a registered Australian charity that promotes social inclusion and acceptance in children through sensory friendly events, workshops and online
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Autism Awareness It’s funny how sometimes we take life for granted. You get up in the morning and you just follow your usual routine because that’s life. But every now and then,
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Autism Awareness As a lot of you may already know, our son, Jayden has Autism. In our most recent newsletter, Spectrum Speaks Vol. 4, we looked at whether the reason we spread i
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Autism Awareness Last month we embarked on a new part of our journey through Autism. It was time to test Jayden’s sensory profiling. Jayden’s life, just like any child on the sp
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Autism Awareness I can’t believe the day is here, Jayden’s first day of Prep!! I know many people say, “where has the time gone?” and it sounds like such a cliché – but WHERE HA
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Autism Awareness Recently, Seven News aired a story about a family with an autistic child, who received a letter in their letterbox from their neighbour complaining about noise.
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Autism Awareness As a mum of three children and an owner of a business, I don’t often have time to just sit and listen. But every now and then, I make a point to stop what I’m d
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Autism Awareness Have you ever thought about what autism is? Autism Spectrum Disorder, also known as ASD, is a disorder that can affect how someone can think, feel, communicate,
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Autism Awareness We are Donna’s parents, and the grandparents of her children, Alisha, Bianca, and Jayden. As grandparents, we always want what is best for our grandchildren, al
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Autism Awareness Many of us have not enjoyed living in “isolation” (although a few of us may have secretly enjoyed staying in pjs all day!). But although this feeling of isolati
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Autism Awareness Many families have had their children return to Term 2 this week in a way we never imaged… Remote learning. What an extraordinary effort by all our educators (a
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Autism Awareness My little brother Jayden is autistic. I love him with all my heart but being a sibling to an autistic child was hard at first. I didn’t like it when my brother
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Autism Awareness Life, just like business, can throw you challenges that you don’t expect. You can decide to run and hide or face them head on. Donna Abu-Elias and Fred Abu-Eli
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Autism Awareness Spectrum Lawyers proudly supports autism awareness and inclusion. Our name reflects our commitment to the autism community and the importance of understanding and acceptance.
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