Making Australia and New Zealand more aware of Asperger Syndrome and to the rest of the world

I am finding the wheels of acceptance and awareness of Asperger Syndrome and Autism in Australia are happening painfully slow. Despite raising awareness and spending a great deal of time in advocacy, it seems that both Australia and New Zealand seem too much in the grips of complacency. People seem to think that Autism will perhaps go away, its not my problem, or it is not a life long condition to realise that their thoughts are not really helping the cause and to obtain necessary and important awareness and understanding. I recently as most people are aware was successful in getting an article into the Courier Mail which is an Australia paper on Monday 27th September 2010. This article featured my personal struggles with the difficulty in adults finding employment and how the government and society in general need to ensure they have a better understanding of what being on the Autism Spectrum is like. Asperger Syndrome falls within the Autism Spectrum but people have to 'move on' from the early 1990's generic description of Autism being like the movie "Rain Man". The Autism Spectrum affects an individual differently and the case varies from individual to individual. If the Autism Spectrum does not exist, then why are their higher levels of unemployment, social isolation and other more stringent difficulties in both the adult and child population? Why is nothing being done or governments failing to listen to the needs of people on the Autism Spectrum? One of the major problems is that people don't always see it and to know personally the struggles associated with being on the Autism Spectrum. Simply not knowing or understanding can make the life of the individual on the Autism Spectrum far worse than trying to understand. Sadly some people can treat people on the Autism Spectrum unfairly and it is essential that measures be implemented and awareness of Asperger Syndrome raised to deal with this problem. I would encourage people to become more open minded rather than dismissive as there is a large group of people, not only persons on the Autism Spectrum but their friends and family also affected by Autism as they see all too well and are aware of the person struggles that take place. I don't know how long it will be for both Australia and New Zealand to seriously overhaul their awareness strategies but I hope this happens sometime soon. Please keep an open mind concerning the Autism Spectrum is what all of us on the Autism Spectrum ask of you.