Be part of a success story

Are you interested in helping to empower emerging autistic leaders to build and develop skills to improve their communities?

The Future Leaders Program is Australia’s first program aimed at empowering adults on the autism spectrum to explore their unique leadership skills.

Co-designed with and for autistic people, the program supports participants to learn from, empower and encourage one another to pursue their goals and positively impact their communities.

The Future Leaders program is seeking innovative organisations who want to explore the benefits of a neurodiverse workforce and help us to build a network of inclusion by providing our Future Leaders with a 50 hour placement in 2019.

Autism Month Webinars – recordings now available

Our Autism Month Webinar Series was extremely popular, booking out within a few days. Recordings of all webinars will be made available on our website.

You can now watch the Early Years and Diagnosis 2019 Webinar. Recordings of the School Years, Adulthood and Autistic Voices webinars will be made available in the coming weeks.

Participant Day 2019

Participant Day 2019 was attended by over 90 people representing 27 organisations, including 13 Essential Participants and more than 20 alumni from the Academy Research and Future Leaders programs.

The event gave stakeholders an opportunity to share experiences and ideas with others participating in Autism CRC, to gain an overview of our progress and achievements as a CRC to date and to discuss our future direction, goals and operating structures beyond our current program.

RESOURCES

GPs and mental health
The Robotics Social Club Program

PUBLICATIONS

Employers' perception of the costs and benefits of hiring individuals on the spectrum
Parent descriptions of the presentation and management of anxiousness in children
Improved signal-to-noise ratio and classroom performance in children

inclusionED - register now

Autism CRC is currently developing inclusionED - a community platform co-designed with Australian teachers, for Australian teachers, providing evidence-based resources that support diverse learners.

This initiative extends our research outputs and teaching resources, some of which are already available through our Knowledge Centre. You can now register for updates and be the first to have access to this platform when it launches.

Future Leaders - apply now!

We are excited to offer autistic adults from across Australia the opportunity to apply for Future Leaders in 2019!

Future Leaders is a holistic program designed to empower autistic adults with leadership potential who want to make a positive impact in their communities.

Applications close 13 May 2019.

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Held up as an economic and entrepreneurial success

Autism CRC was highlighted in the quarterly Forge Magazine this month.

The article, CRCs: A collaboration, innovation and commercialisation success story stated:

"The Autism CRC has had an outstanding impact. It has delivered several research-based outcomes and programs; brought together the autism community with industry, researchers and governments; and raised awareness of the challenges and opportunities for people on the spectrum. Australia's autism community is stronger for the work of the Autism CRC."

Scholars showcase research

We recently nominated two dedicated PhD Scholars for the CRC Association’s Early Career Researcher Showcase Competition – Mortaza Rezae and Annalise Taylor. The showcase submissions involved producing a thirty second video summarising their research. We congratulate them for their great efforts!

You can now watch Annalise talk about kids having a 'Fantastic first year at school' and Mortaza highlighting his work on 'Facilitating public transport use'

Watch Annalise

Watch Mortaza

Looking Through Many Lenses – 2018 Digital Art Celebration entrant

“We need to look through many lenses to understand diversity. Technology has allowed me to have my freedom but stay connected to the ones I love. I know they are there for me wherever I am. I am lucky to have a family that always looks through many lenses to allow me to be me.”

Artist, Rory Russell, under 18 years entry

Autism CRC is the world’s first national, cooperative research effort focused on autism. We take a whole-of-life approach to enhance the lives of people on the autism spectrum, from diagnosis and the early years to the school years and into adult life.

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Email info@autismcrc.com.au

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