On Track Therapy Group

27/09/2021

"I hope that if someone picks up my romantic novel, whether they are autistic or not, they will find comfort in the story of a young girl who does not have to change a single thing about herself in order to be worthy of love."

Growing up with undiagnosed autism, Kay Kerr tried to change herself so boys liked her more. Now she’s written the romance she wishes she’d actually had

24/09/2021

George is making TV history 🤩🥳

George Webster, a 21-year-old actor from Leeds, was overwhelmed by the reaction to his first BBC show

11/09/2021

Breaking NDIS news…

The Minister for the NDIS Linda Reynolds has just released a new version of the NDIS Act - the legislation (law) behind the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

The version released today is an ‘exposure draft’. That means it’s a draft copy that everyone can look at over the next 4 weeks.

And during the next 4 weeks, anyone who wants to can have their say.

After that, the Department of Social Services (DSS) and the NDIS Minister will look at everyone's feedback and make some changes to it. Then around the end of October the Minister will take it into Parliament for the federal Senators and MPs to vote on.

There’s a lot to unravel here - legislation is very long, and very technical.

But we will have a good look now and let you know what we find - stay tuned.

For now, we can tell you we have heard that the legislation does:
✊ NOT contain any changes to 'Reasonable and necessary'
✊ NOT contain anything about independent assessments

And that's only because all of you spoke up and made a ton of noise!

📌 Stay tuned for more from us - but in the meantime you can find all of the info from the DSS Engage website https://engage.dss.gov.au/proposed-ndis-legislative-improvements-and-the-participant-service-guarantee/

📌 Plain English summary https://www.dss.gov.au/disability-and-carers-programs-services-for-people-with-disability-national-disability-insurance-scheme/review-of-the-ndis-act-report-plain-english-summary

📌 Easy Read summary (update - we gave the wrong link earlier!) https://engage.dss.gov.au/proposed-ndis-legislative-improvements-and-the-participant-service-guarantee/plain-english-summary-of-the-bill-and-changes-to-ndis-rules/

📌 Exposure Draft https://engage.dss.gov.au/proposed-ndis-legislative-improvements-and-the-participant-service-guarantee/national-disability-insurance-scheme-amendment-participant-service-guarantee-and-other-amendments-bill-2021/



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28/07/2021

Check out the app 'Kynd', which matches NDIS participants with carers' profiles and connects with people of shared interests and desired skills.

A "match-up" app is giving NDIS participants, the elderly and their families greater choice and flexibility when it comes to how they are cared for.

28/07/2021

"...being autistic is central to who I am. To everything, I have achieved and articulated." ☺️☺️☺️

"Oh - this isn't something I'd change," actor Wentworth Miller wrote on Instagram. "No. I get - got - immediately being autistic is central to who I am. To everything I've achieved/articulated."

22/02/2021

An important read before the commencement of the new academic year (March the 1st).

Studying at university or TAFE is very different from high school. You are expected to do more for yourself and there is less structure and less follow- up from teachers. As a tertiary student, you have to learn to become more independent in your studies.

22/02/2021

What a lovely video!

The teachers at Frederick Bremer start to prepare autistic student, Christopher, for life outside of school.Welcome to Yearbook! We'd like to reintroduce som...

22/02/2021

36 Kilometres in 8 hours and 40 minutes 😱😱😱

Jiya Rai is being showered with praise by netizens. The 12-year-old, diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorder, swam from Bandra-Worli Sea Link to Gateway of India in Mumbai on February 17. She "created a record as the youngest girl diagnosed with ASD to swim thedistance of 36 km in open sea," tweet...

22/02/2021

"I think it's important to think of autism more as a gift than an obstacle. I am hyper aware of many things other people wouldn't even notice"

Jessica from Esk, Queensland

03/02/2021

A step in the right direction 👣

It's the company's latest effort to make footwear more accessible.

31/01/2021

An interesting read

Too many immigrant South Asian parents are programmed to reject disabilities — our family wanted to change that.

31/01/2021

Dungeons and Dragons....and social skills intervention. Now we are talking 🐉🧚🏻‍♀️🧙🏾🧝🏼‍♂️

A loving father built a business around the game Dungeons and Dragons after struggling to find help for his own children, and now a group of children with autism is gaining social skills and, in some cases, making friends for the very first time.