Autism Awareness
Week 2005
Official Launch, Monday May 9
The Official Opening of Autism Awareness
Week 2005 was held at Tattersalls Club, Sydney on
Monday. The Guest of Honour was The Hon. John Della Bosca,
Minister for Ageing and Minister for Disabilities representing
the Premier of NSW. Guest speakers on the day were Autism
Spectrum Australia's Founding Chairman Dr. Andrew Vern Barnett
and parent Linda Johnston. An excerpt from the satellite broadcast
produced by RHEF on BUILDING
BLOCKS® was also shown. |
The Hon. John Della Bosca, Minister for Ageing, Minister for
Disabilities and representative of the Premier of NSW was this
year's Guest of Honour. |
Artwork by one of the students in the Killarney Heights satellite class. |
Guests enjoy the artworks on display. |
Guest speaker Linda Johnston. |
Guest speaker and Founding Chairman of Autism Spectrum Australia , Dr. Andrew Vern Barnett. |
Chairman Peter Werner, the Hon. John Della Bosca and CEO Adrian Ford with some of the artworks in the exhibition. |
The launch featured
an exhibition of artwork by children and adults with an ASD,
celebrating their talent and achievements. The artwork was
also on display at Aspect schools during the following two
weeks.
“Early intervention is an important strategy for working with people with ASD and their families. There is strong evidence when we use early intervention we can better support families and carers,” Mr Della Bosca said. |
