Abacus Learning Centre, founded in 2008, was created by parents and supporters with a vision to provide one of Australia’s first centre-based early intervention services for children on the autism spectrum. They are always relieved to find someone who listens, often describing their first meeting with Abacus as a warm hug. This includes our clinical team of Early Childhood Educators and Therapists
who are overseen by an amazing senior clinical leadership group, including a registered BCBA practitioner. The work we do not only impacts the student but it enables families to see a future of education, employment and community participation that they couldn’t have imagined before. In fact, the majority of our students attend mainstream schools upon completion or our programs and need less supports across their lifetime. In essence, we provide the platform for our students to achieve and there can be no better measure of success than that. A former Abacus parent and board member who recently retired after seven years of voluntary service said in his farewell message “there is an intangible magic that happens at Abacus, it’s what sets them apart and always will. Abacus has changed my family’s life in ways we could never entirely express.”
