Children won't need an autism diagnosis to use Thriving Kids scheme

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Family programs that help kids with positive play, communication and emotional regulation would be delivered by trained facilitators.
52% : It should offer access to tools like laminated cards and communications boards; sensory cushions, calm-down aids and emotion-regulation charts; velcro shoes, adapted cutlery and non-slip mats; and modified high chairs or simple standing frames.A group of disability organisations on Tuesday said there were still significant uncertainties about how supports, particularly targeted therapies, would be funded and delivered.
48% : Parents will no longer have to spend thousands of dollars and dozens of hours chasing autism diagnoses for their struggling children to qualify for government disability support under the new Thriving Kids program, which will help children with lower support needs outside the NDIS . , Health and Disability Minister Mark Butler on Tuesday unveiled the model for Thriving Kids and revealed it would mainly be run through states and territories.The Albanese government rebuffed a suggestion from its advisory group that children access therapies through new Medicare plans, and will instead give states money to run the scheme their own way.
48% : It won't be a traditional Medicare-funded allied health professional visit, that might be bulk billed or might attract a gap fee.

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