Autism Australia Act possible drafting

We the Parliament and Commonwealth of Australia agree to support and implement the National Autism Act into Parliament. Autism is a growing problem in Australia with more and more children and adults being diagnosed with this disorder. As Autism represents adults who comprise 1% of the population and currently diagnosis is growing, this Bill ensures that the government and those departments responsible ensure that support and services are made to both adullts and children. This bills acknowledges the need to address Autism and ensure both support and services are made available to address a growing problem of Autism in Australia. The Autism Bill Australia ensures the following: 1. Early intervention is recognised, acknowledged and treated as early as possible. 2. Autism awareness begins at school with the school environment making the necessary accommodations and support for the needs of children. i.e creation of schools to cater for the needs of children with Autism 3. Services made available to children, their family and carers where required. 4. Employment Agencies established within Australia and its territories to ensure adults with Autism are getting assistance and support with workplace support and on the job placement. 5. Services made available to adults with Autism to ensure and overcome the issues of social isolation, depression and loniliness 6. Funding to Autism Agencies with such funding undergoing careful and meticulous audting on an annual basis to ensure funding is being channeled to the correct departments and adults with Autism and children are obtainng the help they need. 7. The Australian Autism Act to roughly follow the Autism Act in the UK http://www.autism.org.uk/autismact2009 8. The Australian Government to introduce the UK model of diagnosiing Autism and to abolish the current DSM5 or American based diagnostic criteria? 9. The medical fraternity to be trained and made aware of the needs of Autism with a greater understanding of how Autism effects and individual 10. Awareness both media and in print to be distributed to the Australian Community to enlighten and educate them on the needs of people with Autism. 11. An overview of the Disability Discriminationa Act to incorporate Autism and ensure discrimination against people on the Autistic Spectrum does not occur within the work environment or in society in general.