NSW police to undergo training to better respond to people with autism

There is a strong autism community out there and it can be easy to forget that for the majority of Australians they have limited exposure to what autistic traits may be.  Thank you to Mama Mag for this wonderful article.

Spectrum Support officially launched our partnership with NSW Police and our jointly developed Autism & Law Enforcement training. This training is an Australasian first and both organisations are committed to the education program along with ensuring the safety of all individuals on the spectrum.

Autism awareness has become more widespread this century, and greater numbers of children with subtle symptoms are now diagnosed at young ages. But decades ago, doctors rarely diagnosed people towards the subtler end of the spectrum. “Fifty years ago, nobody would call autism what we call autism today – they would just be consid- ered