Reading instruction for children with ASD: Getting the story straight

Abstract

The advent of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) represents a fundamental shift in the way in which services for individuals with lifelong disability are funded, accessed, and provided. In principle, the NDIS will see control of allocated funds shift from organisations to individual participants within the scheme, allowing them to choose from the range of services available in their location. For speech-language pathologists and other allied health practitioners, these changes present tremendous opportunites, but also challenges, which together are the focus of this issue