Guest George Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 Hello, We have some friends that are considering a move to Aus, they have two children aged 10 and 11 who both have moderate forms of autism. Does anyone have any experience with how this would affect their chances of a Visa application? Experiences of the level of support they might receive in Aus? The breadwinner is on the MODL. Any help/views/experiences much appreciated. George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicky Posted May 1, 2006 Share Posted May 1, 2006 Hello, We have some friends that are considering a move to Aus, they have two children aged 10 and 11 who both have moderate forms of autism. Does anyone have any experience with how this would affect their chances of a Visa application? Experiences of the level of support they might receive in Aus? The breadwinner is on the MODL. Any help/views/experiences much appreciated. George Not sure about the medicals but they only seem interested in illnesses that will cost Australia money in the long term so you should be OK. Where we are there is very good support for all kinds of learning difficulties but this seems to be down to the schools and some very good paediatricians so other areas may be different. Research where you are going to live well and you should be fine. Contact schools and have an idea of where you want them to go before you get there as that will make the biggest difference. I have a dyslexic child and one who has been diagnosed dyspraxic since we have been here (6 months) and cannot complain at all. Our children's school is very helpful and although we don't expect to qualify for extra help in class other children do so it is out there. Good luck. Nicky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MattandSarah Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 Why not contact one of the following: (I work for the National Autistic Society in the UK) New South Wales Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect) 41 Cook Street, (PO Box 361), Forestville, NSW 2087, Australia Tel: +61 (0)2 8977 8300 FREECALL 1800 06 99 78 Fax: +61 (0)2 8977 8399 Email: contact@autismnsw.com.au Website: http://www.autismnsw.com.au 19/04/05 Queensland Autism Association Queensland P.O. Box 363, 437 Hellawell Road Sunnybank Hills, Queensland 4109 Australia Tel: +61 (0)7 3273 0000 Fax: +61 (0)7 3273 8306 Email: tonic@autismqld.asn.au Website: http://www.autismqld.asn.au 27/05/05 South Australia Autism of South Australia Street address: 3 Fisher Street Myrtle Bank SA 5064 Postal address: PO Box 339 Fullarton SA 5063 Tel: +61 (0) 88 379 6976 Fax: +61 (0) 88 338 1216 Email: admin@autismsa.org.au Website: http://www.autismsa.org.au 9/06/05 Tasmania Autism Tasmania PO Box 1552, Launceston TAS 7250, Australia Tel: +61 (0)3 63 443 261 Email: autism@autismtas.org.uk Website: http://www.autismtas.org.au 05/03/02 Victoria Autism Victoria Postal address: P.O. Box 235, Ashburton Victoria 3147, Australia Street address: 35 High Street, Glen Iris Victoria 3146, Australia Tel: +61 (0)3 9885 0533 Fax: +61 (0)3 9885 0508 Email: autismav@vicnet.net.au Website: home.vicnet.net.au/~autism/ 27/05/05 Western Australia Autism Association of Western Australia Postal address: Locked Bag 9, Post Office West Perth, WA 6872, Australia Street address: 37 Hay Street Subiaco 6008, Australia Tel: +61 (08) 9489 98900 Fax: +61 (08) 9489 8999 Email: autismwa@autism.org.au Website: http://www.autism.org.au Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildbriz Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 Hello, We have some friends that are considering a move to Aus, they have two children aged 10 and 11 who both have moderate forms of autism. Does anyone have any experience with how this would affect their chances of a Visa application? Experiences of the level of support they might receive in Aus? The breadwinner is on the MODL. Any help/views/experiences much appreciated. George Hi Sorry this is going to be somewhat negative. I don't have any experience with applying for visas with Autistic children but I have lived in Brisbane with an autistic son. We left because of the lack of assistance with autistic children in education. The maximum one one one help we could get (or anyone for that matter) in the classroom is 20 minutes a day. My son (born in Australia) now gets three hours every day here in the UK. Inclusion in main stream classrooms became a torture for him without the one on one. We even applied to autism Queensland to visit the school to offer skilled advice to the teachers and headmaster. The school flatley refused. I'm sure we were unlucky, but how unlucky who knows. Queensland Education do not provide a lot of assistance and from what I found out while I was living there (17 years) the other states did not offer anything better. I imagine there are some schools that would provide better help than the school my child attended. I would avoid large city schools as the teachers don't get much of a chance to get to know the children. Maybe check out schools who have had experience in dealing with special needs children. Having said all this I would still like to return to Australia as there are many positive points about the country. Please if you do go let us know how it worked out and where you moved. We would be very interested in hearing form you. All the very best of luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gollywobbler Posted February 10, 2007 Share Posted February 10, 2007 HI all It really depends on how disabling the condition is and what the long-term prognosis is for the child. The current legal position on the isue is here: http://www.austlii.edu.au//cgi-bin/disp.pl/au/cases/cth/federal_ct/2005/1626.html?query=Visa%20+%204005%20+%20Robinson Hope this helps Gill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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