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'A bit 1980s': Autism advocate says new program mostly a phone line so far

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  • the headline was changed: Thriving Kids set to begin in Canberra amid waiting-list fears'A bit 1980s': Autism advocate says new program mostly a phone line so far

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Today, ACT Disability, Autism and Neurodiversity Minister Suzanne Orr announced Thriving Kids would begin to operate in the ACT from October 1.

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Today, ACT Disability, Autism and Neurodiversity Minister Suzanne Orr announced Thriving Kids would begin to operate in the ACT from October 1.

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  • The headline puts “A bit 1980s” in quotation marks. Nobody says those words anywhere in the report.

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