WYNDHAM families of children with autism are overjoyed after the state government allocated $8 million in last week’s budget for a prep to year 12 autism school.
The school, co-located on the Laverton P-12 College site, will cater for 140 students from across the western suburbs.
It will open in mid-2014 for years 4-7. The school received $4 million in last year’s budget.
Action for Autism Education founders Danny Sorbello and Angela Hickey-Sorbello (pictured at a 2012 protest rally) said the funding gave parents a choice.
“For some kids, a mainstream school is never going to be an option. This provides choice for parents to choose the best education setting for their child,” Ms Hickey-Sorbello said.
