Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Families and Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

We already know, through our figures, that there will be a growing number of young people leaving school with autism. The fact is that autism is the highest represented category in the NDIS. It's very important that this government continues to focus on helping this particular group of people to successfully transition out of school and into employment. That's why the Dandelion program, which has been a fantastic success in conjunction with DXC Technology, will receive further funding of $1.5 million so that we can expand this particular project. Work has already commenced on developing a suite of autism specific training tools for disability employment service providers, and participants and employers, which will target disability employment service providers so that they can understand the specific benefits of supporting people with autism into a work environment.