Autism Connect is Australia’s first national autism helpline.
Marymead Autism Centre is proud to partner with Amaze to deliver Autism Connect ACT region, providing information, advice and referral.
Autism Connect provides information, advice and referrals to help autistic people, their supporters and professionals.
This helpline is free, evidence-based and independent.
The friendly team offers expert advice in many areas, including:
exploring autism and autistic identity
assessment and diagnosis
school and education
the NDIS
behaviour strategies
referrals to services
peer support connections
finding autism-friendly places and events.
Contact Autism Connect
Open from 8:00 am to 7:00 pm, Monday to Friday (AEST).
Phone: 1300 308 699
Email: info@autismconnect.org.au
Webchat: available at www.amaze.org.au (click the live chat icon at the bottom right of the screen, or the speech bubble icon in the top menu.)
If you need immediate support, please call Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Parentline on 13 22 89.
Please note: this is not a counselling service, and we do not provide healthcare referrals. However, we can give information about accessing these services.
© 2022 CNCT – Connecting Young People to Services in the ACT
An initiative of the Youth Coalition of the ACT
We want to ensure CNCT is functioning and working best it can. If you have any feedback or notice anything not working let us know below.