Australian Advisory Board on Autism

What Australian Advisory Board on Autism does

The Australian Advisory Board on Autism (AABA) is Australia's national peak body representing people on the autism spectrum, their families, carers, and helpers. Through its member organizations, the Advisory Board represents over 12,000 people on the autism spectrum, with additional autistic Australians served privately or through other disability programs. AABA is governed by a Board of Directors drawn from member organizations including Amaze, Autism Association of Western Australia, Autism Queensland, Autism SA, Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect), and Flinders University, with Jacqui Borland (Aspect) as Chairperson and Dr Lauren Taylor (Autism Association of WA) as Deputy Chair.

The organization's core activities are policy advocacy, information dissemination, and community skill-building. It works directly with the Australian Government, particularly the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, on policy development including co-design of the National Autism Strategy. AABA serves as the backbone organization for the Australian Autism Alliance (established 2016), a coalition bringing together autism organizations, service providers, researchers, parents and carers. It also convenes the triennial Asia Pacific Autism Conference (APAC), with APAC 2025 scheduled for November 2025 in Perth hosted by the Autism Association of Western Australia.

AABA operates as a not-for-profit organization with no commercial revenue model. Its funding derives from government grants and contributions from member organizations. The organization runs lean, with 1-10 employees, and does not develop technology products or commercial services. Its deliverables are policy submissions, position papers, research publications on autism prevalence, media releases, and the APAC conference. The Treasurer and Company Secretary position is currently vacant pending Board resolution.

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Australian Advisory Board on Autism

Legal name

Australian Advisory Board on Autism

Website

http://www.autismadvisoryboard.org.au

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Australian Advisory Board on Autism (AABA) is Australia's national peak body representing autistic people, their families, carers, and helpers. It conducts policy advocacy with the federal government, coordinates the Australian Autism Alliance, and convenes the triennial Asia Pacific Autism Conference.

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1. Government Funding and Membership Contributions: As a national peak body representing autism organisations, the AABA operates primarily through government grants and contributions from member organisations. The organization does not generate commercial revenue from products or services.

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Core offering

The Australian Advisory Board on Autism is the national peak body representing autistic people, their families, carers and helpers in Australia. Through its member organisations it represents over 12,000 people on the autism spectrum, working with federal and state governments to develop autism policy, disseminating evidence-based information, and building skills within the Australian autism community. It also serves as the backbone organisation for the Australian Autism Alliance and hosts the triennial Asia Pacific Autism Conference.

Product overview

The Australian Advisory Board on Autism is a national peak body offering advisory, advocacy, and information services rather than a technology product. Its portfolio includes the Asia Pacific Autism Conference (APAC), the Australian Autism Alliance coalition, research publications on autism prevalence, government submissions and position papers, and news/communications. These programs work together to advance autism policy, research dissemination, and community support across Australia.

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Brands

• Asia Pacific Autism Conference (APAC): An international conference bringing together Autistic people, educators, medical professionals, researchers, allied health professionals, policy makers, NGOs, public sector professionals and families. The 2025 edition is hosted in Perth, Western Australia.
• Australian Autism Alliance

Products and services

• Asia Pacific Autism Conference (APAC) 2025 International conference bringing together autistic people, families, professionals, researchers and policymakers to share research, showcase best practices, and drive innovation in autism support and services across the Asia Pacific region.
• Australian Autism Alliance National coalition providing one unified voice for autism in Australia, bringing together autism organisations, service providers, researchers and autistic people to realise the potential of autistic Australians.
• Autism Prevalence Research Reports Research publications on autism prevalence in Australia, including studies on diagnostic rates and epidemiological data to inform policy and support services.

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• Australian Autism AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016The Australian Autism Alliance was established in 2016 as one strong voice for autism. The AABA serves as the backbone organisation providing governance and financial support. The Alliance brings together key autism organisations representing people on the autism spectrum, their parents and carers, service providers and researchers who aim to realise the potential of autistic Australians.
• AmazecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember organisation represented on the AABA Board of Directors. Amaze is Victoria's peak body for autism, providing information, support and advocacy for autistic people and their families.
• Autism Association of Western AustraliacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember organisation represented on the AABA Board of Directors. The Autism Association of WA is hosting the Asia Pacific Autism Conference 2025 on behalf of the AABA.
• Autism QueenslandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember organisation represented on the AABA Board of Directors. Autism Queensland provides services and support for people on the autism spectrum and their families.
• Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember organisation represented on the AABA Board of Directors. Aspect is one of Australia's largest national autism-specific service providers.
• Flinders UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic member organisation represented on the AABA Board of Directors through Professor Robyn Young. Contributes research expertise and academic perspective to autism policy development.
• Autism Association of Western Australia (APAC 2025 Host)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Autism Association of Western Australia is hosting the Asia Pacific Autism Conference 2025 (APAC 2025) in Perth from 13-15 November 2025 on behalf of the AABA. This is the premier autism conference in the Asia Pacific region.
• Australia's Department of Health, Disability and AgeingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Department is leading the National Autism Strategy and the AABA hosts sessions featuring departmental representatives including Assistant Secretary Lydia Ross to provide updates and facilitate collaborative co-design discussions with conference delegates.

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Direct peers

• Amaze: Victorian peak body for autism providing information, support and advocacy for autistic people and families. It is a member organisation of AABA with representation on AABA's Board of Directors, making it the most direct functional peer at the state level.
• Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect): One of Australia's largest national autism-specific service providers and a member organisation of AABA with the current AABA Chairperson drawn from Aspect. Directly comparable as a national autism organisation with overlapping mission, membership and service footprint.
• Autism Queensland: Queensland's peak autism service provider and AABA member organisation with Board representation. Operates services and advocacy for autistic people and families in Queensland, closely mirroring the AABA model at state level.
• Autism Association of Western Australia: Western Australia's peak autism organisation and AABA Board member. Hosting APAC 2025 on AABA's behalf makes it the most operationally intertwined state peer, with overlapping advocacy, service and event responsibilities.
• Autism SA: South Australian peak autism organisation listed as a member of AABA. Provides comparable services, advocacy and information dissemination for autistic people and families in its state, paralleling the AABA model at sub-national level.

Others

• Autism CRC: Australia's Cooperative Research Centre for autism, delivering research, training and policy translation across the autism sector. Comparable as an adjacent national autism institution whose outputs and stakeholder relationships overlap significantly with AABA's research and policy remit.
• Inclusion Australia: Australia's peak body for people with intellectual disability and their families. Closely comparable as a national disability peak body operating under the same federation-of-state-organisations model and engaging the same federal departments on disability policy.
• Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO): Australia's national cross-disability peak body representing the interests of people with disability. Comparable as a sibling peak body operating in the same federal policy and NDIS ecosystem, with overlapping government and member-organisation relationships.

Regional players

• National Autistic Society (UK): The UK's leading charity for autistic people and their families, functioning as a national peak body for autism policy, information and advocacy. Closest international structural analogue to AABA, operating in a different geography but with an essentially identical peak-body mandate.
• Autism Society of America: One of the oldest US national autism advocacy organisations, providing information, advocacy and community programs across the United States. Comparable to AABA as a large national autism advocacy organisation, though operating in a different national policy and funding environment.

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