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01/09/2025

🌟 Now Enrolling: ADHD Day Program at Nundah Private Hospital 🌟

Living with ADHD can be challenging — but support is available.

Whether you’ve been recently diagnosed or have lived with ADHD for years, this program is designed to help you:

✅ Access structured support
✅ Learn to best manage your symptoms
✅ Develop effective coping strategies to improve daily functioning
✅ Connect with others who understand your journey

📍 Nundah Private Hospital
🗓️ Weekly on Saturday 0900am - 1215pm (7 weeks Duration)

Led by experienced mental health professionals, the program offers a supportive environment where you can take meaningful steps toward a more balanced and empowered life.

Referrals ❤
A referral from a psychiatrist or general practitioner is
required to access the Nundah Private Hospital mental health day programs. If required, a mental health assessment will be arranged prior to commencing a program.

Health Insurance 👩‍⚕️
A health fund claim can be made, provided the patient
has sufficient cover. Please contact our day program team to discuss any out-of-pocket expense, excess or gap fee.

22/08/2025

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💛 We are Ruby & Ollie’s
We’re here to walk alongside families, offering care that sees, understands, and celebrates every child. From personalised in-home and community support to our centre-based programs, our focus is simple: creating safe, inclusive spaces where children can feel confident, valued, and free to be themselves. Every step of the way, we’re committed to supporting not just the child, but the whole family, with compassion, understanding, and genuine connection. Because at Ruby & Ollie’s, inclusion isn’t just something we do. It’s who we are.

22/08/2025

😎We’re excited to announce our partnership with My Drive School, a groundbreaking online driver training program designed to give everyone the chance to learn to drive safely and with confidence.

For people on the autism spectrum, traditional driving lessons can sometimes feel overwhelming. That’s where My Drive School makes a real difference:

✅ Learn in a calm, pressure-free online environment
✅ Build confidence before getting behind the wheel
✅ Develop safe driving habits at your own pace
✅ Reduce anxiety and improve real-world readiness

At Wheelnutz Garage we believe driving isn’t just about getting from A to B, it’s about independence, opportunity, and empowerment.

With My Drive School, we’re helping make that possible for more of our crew in the garage.

🛞 Together, we’re driving change.

22/08/2025

Does your child or teen light up when talking about Pokémon? Join us weekly!

Monday 5pm-6pm AEST (7-12 yrs)

Monday 6.30-7.30pm AEST (7-22 yrs)

✨ I CAN Online is a positive after-school activity to look forward to each week during Cycle 4, which runs 8 Sept – 24 Oct.

👉 Apply here: https://icannetwork.tfaforms.net/5072098

More information: https://icannetwork.online/online/group-cycles/

21/08/2025

NDIS is a changing landscape.

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Centacare has made the difficult decision to wind down our NDIS services by mid-November 2025. This will include our Supported Independent Living services, medium and short-term accommodation, Onsite Shared Support services, and NDIS funded support in the home and community including our disability social and life skills day hubs.

Sadly, we have determined that it is no longer sustainable for us to maintain our commitment to providing these services. We know that this will be felt deeply throughout the Centacare community.

Our Aged care, Housing, Family and Relationship, and Post-Release services and our outreach to people in prisons and hospitals will continue, unaffected.

We will support clients and families as they transition to a new provider of their choice. We are working with trusted providers on options for alternative support arrangements.

We thank all those clients and families who have trusted us to provide support and care. We are grateful for the opportunity to have walked by your side.

This would not have been possible without the dedication of our disability teams and volunteers, whose commitment has touched the lives of many. We remain deeply thankful for your care and compassion.

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21/08/2025

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For the first time the Albanese government has acknowledged the NDIS will change its rules to stop accepting kids with mild and moderate autism.

21/08/2025

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Some researchers at the University of Newcastle are conducting a research study where Autistic Adults (both clinically diagnosed and self-diagnosed) are invited to complete an online survey.

The survey contains questions around Autistic identity, masking behaviours, emotions, and well-being, as well as some very brief non-identifying demographic questions. Your answers to all of these questions will be anonymous. The research is Autistic-led and is neuroaffirming in its approach.

All participants who take part in this research will have the chance to go into a prize draw with four winners being drawn at random to receive a $50 GiftPay voucher.

🟢 This link will take you to the Participant Information Statement: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1meD6qC-kEUj59zOoZ711-t97GfcInCW7y6Lsk_rDXaA/edit?usp=sharing

🟣 This link will take you to the survey where you will have the chance to read the Participant Information Statement again, provide your consent to participate in the project, and complete the survey: https://uninewcastle.questionpro.com.au/AdultAutismSurvey

If you have any questions about this research, please get in touch with our lead researcher, Dr Babette Rae at babette.rae@newcastle.edu.au .

Thank you for your consideration of this research.

20/08/2025

Today the Minister for Health, Aging and Disability Mark Butler MP gave a major speech on the future of the NDIS. Here is a brief summary of what the Minister announced:

The Commonwealth Government will create a new program called Thriving Kids, to support young children with developmental delay and autism outside of the NDIS. The Commonwealth has committed $2 Billion to the program and will lead the design to ensure national consistency.

Minister Butler acknowledged that families looking for supports in mainstream services have been let down, and that a better system that will enable children to thrive is urgently needed.

NDIS access and eligibility
-Thriving Kids to be rolled out from July 2026
-Eligibility and access to the NDIS will change from July 2027
-Children who are currently NDIS participants will remain on the scheme until Thriving Kids rolls out (subject to existing reassessments processes)

Thriving Kids is currently under development. The Minister shared examples of what it may include:
-Examining a new Medicare item for bulk-billed 3-year-old health check to pick up developmental delay
-Considering a new Medicare allied health item to support children with developmental delay, eg: speech pathology and occupational therapy
-Expanding child and family hubs
-More supports at early childhood education and care settings
-Models like Mental Health Practitioners in Primary Schools
-Building on the Positive Partnerships program that works with schools to support autistic students

Providing support to parents
-Nationally consistent online information service, that will provide parents free support and guidance on where to seek help if they have concerns about development
-More supported playgroups

You can read the full speech here - https://www.health.gov.au/ministers/the-hon-mark-butler-mp/media/speech-from-minister-butler-national-press-club-20-august-2025?language=en