In this week’s episode, SPA’s Senior Advisor for Disability, Amy Fitzpatrick, speaks with the Autism Assessment Team at Melton Health – Dr Mandira Hiremath – Paediatrician, Joanne Romell – Speech Pathologist, Claire Thorpe – Occupational Therapist and Alex Charalambous – Clinical Psychologist.

The team explore how their ASD consensus team works to achieve assessments consistent with the “National Guideline for the Assessment and Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Australia”.

Please follow this link to access the “National Guideline for the Assessment and Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Australia”:

https://www.autismcrc.com.au/access/

Please follow this link to access SPA’s FAQ about the Guideline (member log in required):

https://www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/SPAweb/Resources_for_Speech_Pathologists/Professional_Resources/HTML/ASD_National_Guideline.aspx?WebsiteKey=fc2020cb-520d-405b-af30-fc7f70f848db

Please follow this link to access Autism Awareness Australia:

https://www.autismawareness.com.au/autism-what-next

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