Teachers of Queensland, how well do mainstream schools cater for students with autism?

(I’ve posted this to the Australia sub, cross-posting it here). I tutor a 13-year-old student with Aspergers Syndrome. He’s moving to Queensland early next year with his family. What is set up for mainstream private schools which accept students with autism? Do schools make decisions about whether they will accept the student based on how far they are on the autism spectrum? Do the students have to have letters from medical professionals or undergo an interview with school staff? Are there special teaching assistants at these schools who provide assistance? Or are most schools generally under resourced when it comes to these staff? Sorry for any stupid questions, I genuinely don’t know the answers. Any advice is appreciated. submitted by /u/volcaniccat [link] [comments]

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Traveling to Singapore but the passport expires soon.

We’re off to Europe in a day or two and just noticed that my 15 y/o daughter passport is expiring in just under 6 months. The schedule is to stop over in Singapore on the way back for 3 days. However, her passport will be at just under 5 months before expiry when we arrive. While the other countries we will visit require 3 months validity, Singapore requires 6 months. Has anyone been in similar situation and what is your experience with this? submitted by /u/Stelex [link] [comments]

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Anybody see the white streak in the sky just now?

Spotted it while I was travelling along Mt Gravatt-Capalaba Road in Wishart ten minutes ago. Seems to be something falling through the atmosphere, although I could be completely wrong. It was white and pushing around an object initially, then appeared to be a white streak, which had shortened a fair bit before I stopped and photographed it. submitted by /u/phyllicanderer [link] [comments]

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