South Australia has unveiled the nation’s first autism minister in an effort to raise awareness and improve the service for the growing number of people known to have autism.
Emily Bourke has become Australia’s first representative for the autistic community as she takes the role of assistant autism minister.
South Australian Labor Premier Peter Malinauskas on Sunday said that he “couldn’t go to a town hall or street corner without a parent somewhere raising the frustrations they had because their autistic child not getting support that they require, particularly in the school setting.” 
Malinauskas added that there is a “sheer volume of [autism] cases without much attention” and that’s why the government “thought it deserves a specific person” responsible for addressing the issue….