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Photo gallery Children's CDP program Adult lifestyle support Bridge Employment Housing program Recycling service Need for change Waminda's research showed overwhelming evidence that a major change to the existing model was indicated: a critically urgent need for provision of services to people and families where Autism and Autism related disability existed. Some 157 medically diagnosed cases were recorded in the initial Outcomes Report compiled at the end of 2007. The number of families requiring immediate help with children and youth far exceeded Waminda's ability to accommodate when services commenced in early 2008. |
What is Autism?
Austism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), which includes Autism and Aspergers syndrome, is a neuro-biological disorder that affects: These deficits often lead to behaviours such as: ASD can have a profound and complicated impact on the most apparently simple everyday activities. ASD affects: The cause of autism is not fully understood. There is, as yet, no cure. Emphasis is on providing individualised, highly structured therapy and treatment. More information: (i) Autism Queensland, (ii) TEACCH |
Waminda's research
In early 2007 Waminda Services began a year long program of research and community consultation to map the changing needs for disability services to people and families in the region. Research was based on official data from local and State sources, including schools; as well as child care services, the Dalby Mental Health Unit, public information seminars and postal surveys. Increase in regional soft and hard infrastructure projections were referenced from the CSIRO Report for the Surat Basin. At the 2008 Surat Basis Development Conference in Chinchilla, one salient point repeatedly made was urgent and ongoing need for establishment of infrastructure. In the case of Autism Services, the current provision for the existing population does not begin to address current needs, much less future development. |
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