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Autism diagnoses are up, largely fuelled by the NDIS. What happens next isn’t entirely clear

  • Written by Andrew Whitehouse, Deputy Director, the Kids Research Institute Australia, Professor of Autism Research, The University of Western Australia
Autism diagnoses are up, largely fuelled by the NDIS. What happens next isn’t entirely clearJupiterimages/Getty

Research published earlier this year found the strongest evidence yet that the introduction of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has played a key role driving up autism diagnoses in Australia.

The study found evidence the increase may be due to clinicians lowering the threshold for an autism diagnosis, rather than a...

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