Membership

What are the benefits of ABIQ Membership?

  • Access to extensive first-hand experience and information from parents who have undertaken ABA therapy with their child.
  • ABIQ maintains a register of teaching assistants which members may access when seeking staff for their ABIQ program.
  • Discounted membership to Noah's Ark Toy Library and Resource Centre, and access to ABA program materials reserved exclusively for ABIQ members.
  • Access to ABIQ's reference and toy library which includes hundreds of ASD related resources such as books, DVD's and toys. Mail out service available for Regional members.
  • Quarterly editions of ABIQ News plus updates which contain a wide range of information pertinent to the treatment of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
  • Regular support group meetings and social events for the whole family.
  • Discounted entry to ABIQ workshops, seminars and conferences.
  • With every new membership, ABIQ gains a louder voice to lobby State and Federal Government for increased support and access to ABA therapy for all children with autism.

Who can become a member of ABIQ?

Membership of ABIQ is open to anyone who would like to lend their support. There are membership categories for families, teaching assistants, students, professionals and organisations.

How do I join?

To join ABIQ please complete a membership registration form and send it, together with your cheque or money order to ABIQ. You can also pay via EFT but please put your surname as a reference (bank details on membership form).


MS Word format of membership form    Pdf version of membership form

 

ABIQ Membership fees are as follows: Fee ($AUS)*
Family - two adults $33.00*
Therapists/Teaching Assistants $22.00*
Professionals $44.00*
Organisational/ School $44.00*
Other $44.00
*Includes GST. This is an Annual Membership due 1st September each year. Students are not required to pay any membership fee.

Global Autism Prevalence Rates

The Autism Epidemic is global:

  • United Kingdom - 1 in 86 children in the UK has Autism
  • US - 1 in 88
  • China - 1 in 100 &
  • Brisbane, Australia - 1 in 100. 

The treatment of Autism and related conditions is costing the Australian economy about $5.8 billion per year.

Source: The Autism Research Institute & Source: International Centre for Autism Research & Education

Autism is the fastest-evolving disorder in all of medical science.

Chairman, Columbia University, Dept. of Psychiatry

  • Autism is the fastest growing disability in the United States.
  • That means the condition is now more common than cerebral palsy, diabetes, deafness, blindness and leukaemia put together.
  • Autism is more common than childhood cancer, diabetes, and AIDS combined.
  • Approximately 67 million people worldwide are affected by autism.
  • The rate of autism is growing at 14% per year around the world. In China it is growing at a rate of 20% a year.
  • The cost of autism over the lifespan is 3.2 million dollars per person.

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