Funding

After an open competitive grant process, the Autism Alliance National (trading as the Australian Autism Alliance) was selected to be a Department of Social Services funded Disability Representative Organisation (DRO) from 1st July 2024 to 30 June 2026. This was the first-time autism has been elevated to a national peak status in its own right.

Refer Media Release: https://ministers.dss.gov.au/media-releases/15181

The DRO program provides the opportunity for people with disability, and their representative organisations, to have their views communicated to the Australian Government. This is to ensure that disability issues and a diversity of voices are represented in:

• decision-making
• legislation
• policy development
• implementation of programs and policies that may affect people with disability.

For more information visit: https://www.dss.gov.au/disability-advocacy/disability-representative-organisations