In the ACT, people with autism spectrum disorders await Government awareness and recognition of their unmet need for appropriate disability services.
Recently, Autism Asperger ACT raised concerns that ACT Government officials wrote “autism is not a mental illness”. Mr Buckley, Chair of the association’s Political Action Group, asked “If officials think autism spectrum disorders are not mental illness, then which part of the body do they think is affected? Where in the health system do we look for treatment and rehabilitation?”
