Children with mild autism will not need a diagnosis to access the Thriving Kids scheme when Labor’s alternative to the NDIS rolls out from next month.

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The NDIS Minister has been unable to say how much the government's sweeping overhaul of the scheme will cost, even as annual ...

The Albanese government has passed an important “milestone” in its bid to get children with mild autism or developmental ...

The federal government has released the model for its Thriving Kids program, aimed at setting up services and supports run by ...

Childhood is supposed to be messy, muddy and full of wonder. But increasingly, instead of climbing trees and rambling along creeks in the sun, children have fluorescent lights and screens, fuelling ...

Anthony Albanese has vowed to hold premiers to an ambitious agreement that will see annual growth of the $50bn-a-year National Disability Insurance Scheme reduced to 5-6 per cent a year and force ...

Huge questions remain about how Labor’s new program to support kids with mild autism will work despite securing a funding deal with the states.

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Student teachers in South Australia would be paid to work in classrooms from day one of their four-year degrees under an Australian-first teaching pathway if Labor wins the state election.

A national nonprofit is visiting Albuquerque as part of a project to record and preserve the stories of Indian boarding ...

Private school parents are paying handsomely for their children to attend school up to four weeks less than their public ...