Profound Autism Symposium 2025

Autism Awareness Australia is delighted to host Australia’s first-ever national event focused solely on profound autism.

The Profound Autism Symposium 2025 is a landmark event, placing the voices of families and needs of people with profound autism on the national stage for the very first time.

Many profoundly autistic people are non-speaking or minimally verbal. Most have the co-occurring effects of intellectual disability and complex health conditions. Daily life often includes a range of behaviours of distress and safety risks. Consequently, diligent, comprehensive, person-led, 24/7 care is required each and every day, week, month and year of their lives for as long as they live.

Join us on 17 and 18 November in person at the State Library of NSW or via Livestream, as we convene world-class expertise, lived experience voices, and clinical practise excellence in a mix of presentation and discussion panels across a wide range of topics in support of profoundly autistic Australians. The full event program is available here and early bird pricing is available for tickets purchased before midnight on Friday 10th October.

Whether you are a parent or caregiver, a family member, clinician, educator, service provider, or policymaker, we invite you to be part of this history-making event designed to put profound autism back on the national agenda.

For more information and to book your place visit https://events.humanitix.com/profound-autism-symposium-2025