Child Special Needs - Autism, Epilepsy, ADHD & More

12 year old Molly Browne, who has a rare chromosome condition as well as epilepsy, needs a learning support unit but, as ...

Molly was denied support she needs at school. Her family want answers

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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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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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Family writes 'notice' to 'woman with red hair'.

Teen with autism bullied by woman in Auckland park, family claims

The family of a teen with autism has lashed out at a bully in leaflets taped around an Auckland park.

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Gordy Baylinson attends his bar mitzvah.

This non-speaking teen wrote an incredibly profound letter explaining autism

For the first 14 and a half years of Gordy's life, Evan and Dara Baylinson had no reason to believe their son could comprehend anything they said: He had never spoken, and he couldn't really emote.

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Jack says meeting other teens with autism spectrum disorder through Aspergers Victoria has made a big difference in his life.

'I just wasn't born with the appropriate social skills'

For the first time, researchers ask teenagers with Autism Spectrum Disorder about their battles to be happy.

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"Is there a special needs teacher on board?"

When she first boarded Flight JQ527 from Sydney to Melbourne three weeks ago, Sophie Murphy felt an "awful tension" and bitterness in the cabin.

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Nic Naitanui of the Eagles and Shaun Hampson of the Tigers contest the ruck.

Perth mum's heartbreak over treatment of autistic son at Eagles game

A Perth blogger has penned a hurt, angry open letter about her son, who has autism, being shunned by fellow spectators at the Eagles' win over Richmond at Domain Stadium on Friday.

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Boy's touching poem on what life is like with Aspergers.

Boy's heartbreaking poem on what life with Aspergers is like

A mum has shared her son's moving poem on Facebook after it brought her to tears.

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'Better off dead': Dad's outrage over Aldi workers alleged comment

A father of a 12-year-old boy who has cerebral palsy has expressed his disgust with Aldi after a checkout operator told his wife, "Children like that are better off dead."