Autism Aspergers Advocacy Australia A4 Briefing

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Autism Aspergers Advocacy AustraliaA4 Briefing

• Judy Brewer Fischer
• A4 Convenor

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What A4 is

• A national grassroots organisation
• An email based information network
• Focussed on the development and promotion of
  national ASD policy priorities
• Concerned with the big picture issues
• Activity likely to be Canberra based
• Closely affiliated with the ACA
• A small step in a long long process

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What A4 is not?

• An autism support group
• A protest group
• Advocacy at the State or Territory level
• An email chat forum
• A cure for autism

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What do we want?

• A national action plan for autism

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When do we want it?

• NOW!!!

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Membership Form

• Essential information is name and email
• Non essential information helps us to utilise
  our human resources better and to represent
  ourselves to government more effectively
• Skills audit is a way of showing how you can
  contribute more
• Steering committee formed, structure to develop

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Canberra 2003

• Combination of 3 major ASD events
• 1) ACT Autism 25th Anniversary
• Mini-Seminar and celebratory function
• 2) Autism Council of Australia Meeting
• 3) A4 Walk With Parliament - various
  activities
• probably in September 2003

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Canberra Dates

• 2003 Friday May 31 - Sunday June 1
• A4 activity likely to be September
• when both Houses of Parliament Sitting
• 2004 ACA Biennial National Conference
• Monday September 27 - Friday October 1

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Autism Aspergers Advocacy AustraliaA4

• email aaadvocacy_at_bigpond.com
• website www.a4.org.au
• with pen and passion!