Child Special Needs - Autism, Epilepsy, ADHD & More

7 ways to support parents of kids with special needs

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"When you moved in we heard these [sic] strange moaning and shouting coming from your garden."

Should this neighbour have complained about an autistic boy?

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New blood and urine test could detect autism

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Starting school when you have autism

As kindergarten students of 2013 complete their first school year, a new crop of children are getting ready for their turn at this pivotal milestone.

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Scheme will cover cost of autism treatment

The national disability insurance scheme will cover ''most'' people with autism and could pay the full cost of early intervention programs, Disability Reform Minister Jenny Macklin has declared in the latest clue as to what the $22 billion-a-year scheme will cover.

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Tough discipline on the school bus

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Learning to live - and thrive - with autism

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Students with additional learning needs face myriad difficulties.

What is school like for a child with learning difficulties?

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"To me, Jack was my next handyman project."

Children with autism

How I learned to let go of the urge to 'fix' my son

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This is what it's like taking my child with ADHD out in public

"She's relentless, I know that."

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Nine-year-old applies filter, then tells Pauline Hanson what she thinks

''I have learned that you need to think about what you say and filter your words so that you don't hurt others.''

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Sam Best in Africa, where he became more talkative, more independent, with a greater of sense of his place in the world.

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How giving my autistic son a 'loving push' paid off

Most autism intervention is focussed on the early childhood years, Yet there is "second spring" of neuronal development during adolescence, the potential of which has largely been neglected.

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Principals will be encouraged to get the health checks every second year..

One nation does not equal two classrooms

My daughter celebrated her 14th birthday at the weekend. Around the table for dinner were four of her closest friends and former classmates through many years of primary school.

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As an adult on the autism spectrum who spent time in both integrated and segregated systems, Mitchell Adams feels ...

Bringing the outsiders in

In a brightly lit space in one of the school's newer buildings a group of teenage boys is sitting in a rough circle playing a get-to-know you game that's a mix of musical chairs and guess who. There's the usual jokey exchanges and awkward adolescent shuffling, but nothing that sets this group apart from the norm.

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Tracy-Ann with her 16-year-old son Charlton, who has ADHD, at Mt Lilydale Mercy College.

Schools failing students with ADHD

Tracy-Ann Pettigrew regularly rewrites her child's school assignment.

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'Parents, educate your kids about children with special needs': heartbroken mum's plea

Devastated after witnessing her son being ignored over and over during a trip to the local pool, one mum has taken to Facebook in an open letter in the hope of educating people.