Autistic People In My Back Yard? Rack Off Mate!

Published: August 14, 2007, 7:28 am

Tags: autism disorders, autism awareness, adults autism, australia

Autism awareness can not necessarily change human nature. In Victoria, Australia, residents near a church proposed as a day center for adults with autism have voiced their objections to the proposal, delaying approval by local authorities and potentially defeating the proposal. The story from the Star News Group does not provide any specifics of the objections. The good citizens involved appear to be fearful but why?ADULT clients of Alpha Autism have experienced further delays in settling down in a permanent site in Keilor.Alpha Autism will have to present its case to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) to use the Keilor Christ Church building as a day centre for adults with autism after more than four objections were submitted.Alpha Autism chief executive officer Tracel Devereux said the Keilor clients had already been moved temporarily to other Alpha Autism sites outside the Brimbank area as the former site, the Keilor Scout Hall, had no heating and clients

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