We built AutismInsights so families
don't have to start from scratch.
An Australian-owned, independent platform that brings 70,000+ peer-reviewed autism studies, evidence-graded interventions, and NDIS guidance into one place. Built for the families, clinicians, and plan managers who live with autism every day.
Why this exists
Around 324,000 Australians have autism as their primary NDIS diagnosis. The average annual plan is $32,800. The decisions that follow a diagnosis — which therapy, which provider, which support categories to fund — are consequential, time-pressured, and overwhelmingly difficult to research from scratch.
Most of what families find online is one of three things: marketing from a single provider, anecdote from social media, or research papers that take a clinical degree to interpret. None of those is wrong on its own — but none gives you the full picture.
AutismInsights exists to bridge that gap. We index the autism research corpus, grade interventions by the strength of their evidence base, and pair the research with practical Australian context — NDIS funding, provider directories, plain-language summaries — that you can actually use in a planning meeting.
We are not the only voice you should listen to. We are one of the inputs that should make your conversations with your paediatrician, your therapist, and your plan manager more productive.
Who runs AutismInsights
Transparency about who we are is one of the most important trust signals we can give you. If anything below is unclear, please contact us and we will answer directly.
Tara
Platform builder · Former medical device consultant · Australia
Tara is a platform builder whose earlier work as a medical device consultant brought him into close contact with autistic people and their families. Several of his closest friends are raising autistic children, and Tara has watched up close — through diagnosis, school transitions, NDIS planning, and the years-long search for therapies that actually work — the toll those journeys take on parents who are doing their best with fragmented information. AutismInsights is what he built in response: one place where the evidence is graded honestly, NDIS context is built in, and families don't have to start from scratch. The platform is run independently, with no provider affiliations and no advertising revenue.
We will not list any contributor who has not consented to public attribution, and we will not invent credentials we do not have. As clinical reviewers and autistic editorial advisors join, they will be named here.
Advisory · Autism Care Nepal Society
AutismInsights advises with Autism Care Nepal Society — a charity founded in 2008 and one of South Asia's longest-running autism organisations. Both advisors below are parents of autistic children with years of governance experience inside ACNS. They are not Australian clinicians, so their role does not extend to AHPRA-regulated clinical recommendations — that work belongs to your treating professionals.
Dr. Hem Sagar Baral
Founder, ACNS · PhD (Amsterdam) · Father of an autistic daughter
Dr. Baral founded Autism Care Nepal Society in 2008 after his daughter was diagnosed with autism — building, from a parent's urgency, what is now one of South Asia's longest-running autism charities. Alongside a four-decade research career and a PhD from the University of Amsterdam, he brings to AutismInsights both the scientific rigour of a research scientist and the lived perspective of a parent. His role is editorial governance, not clinical practice.
Bidhan Shrestha
Executive Member, ACNS Board · Father of an autistic son
Bidhan has served on the Autism Care Nepal Society board since 2008 — over fifteen years inside one of South Asia's longest-running autism organisations. He is also a father to a son with autism, and brings both lived family experience and the corporate-governance discipline of his director-level career across Nepali enterprises to AutismInsights.
What we commit to
Four principles we hold ourselves to. If we ever break them, please tell us at /contact.
We grade by the research, not the marketing
Our evidence grades come from study design and sample size, not provider relationships or product partnerships. We have no paid recommendations and no affiliate revenue from any therapy provider.
Identity-first, no functioning labels
We use "autistic person" rather than "person with autism" by default, following the preference of most autistic adults in published surveys. We don't use functioning labels.
Australian English and AU-specific framing
Spelling, currency, NDIS context, AHPRA references, and provider directory all reflect Australian terminology and frameworks. Optimiser, not optimizer.
Educational, not medical advice
AutismInsights provides research intelligence and educational content. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Every clinical decision belongs to you and your treating professionals.
What we don't do
Just as important as what we do.
- Sell or share your data with advertisers, brokers, or any third party
- Take affiliate commissions from therapy providers or product sellers
- Use AI to assign evidence grades or rank interventions (that work is mechanical and identical across all studies)
- Present AI-generated summaries as if they were the original research paper
- Recommend specific clinicians by name for clinical decisions — we list verified providers, but choosing among them is yours
- Replace your paediatrician, allied health team, or NDIS planner
Company details
- Trading name
- AutismInsights
- Registered in
- Australia
- Founded
- 2026
- Contact
- autisminsights.co/contact
- ABN & legal entity
- Available on request via /contact.
Medical disclaimer: AutismInsights provides research intelligence and educational information only. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of qualified health professionals regarding any medical conditions or therapy decisions. Information on this site does not establish a clinician-patient relationship.
Acknowledgement of Country: AutismInsights acknowledges Australia's First Peoples as the Traditional Custodians of this land and pays respect to Elders past and present.
Want to know more about how we work?
Read the full methodology — evidence grading framework, AI summary disclosure, editorial process, and update cadence.