HOW CAN PHYSIO ASSIST WITH AUTSIM UNDER THE NDIS

There are upto 1245 individuals diagnosed with Autism in the Sutherland Shire. Autism being a spectrum disorder there is a huge variability between individuals and for this reason, the therapy program provided by Aevum Physiotherapy is tailored specifically to each individual on the NDIS. During you first consultation with us your Physiotherapist or Exercise Physiologist will sit down with you and formulate your goals and how we are going to help you achieve them. It is often very helpful to have a care worker or family member with you who can also provide insights and as parents it is ideal if both mum and dad can come to help establish these goals and become familiar with the therapy program under the NDIS.

Even though there is huge variability between each individual with autism there are also some common goals there we see with both our paediatric and adult NDIS participants.

INCREASED SOCIAL INTERACTION THROUGH TEAM SPORTS

For kids with autism in particular this is a great goal. Kids social development predominantly comes from school and also team sports and there are so many different sporting opportunities in the Sutherland Shire area. It is an excellent way to augment the therapy program, increasing gross motor skills and strength. If this is a relevant goal your Physio or Exercise Physiologist will break down the particular skills required for the sports you are interested in and start helping develop these skills so you can keep up with your friends. If over the course of therapy a different sport becomes interesting… no problem at all, we can simply shift the focus to building those skills.

IMPROVED HEALTH AND WELLBEING

It is difficult to maintain good health and develop the skills necessary to be able to independently manage this as we get older. Our team can help you with this. For adults on the NDIS your therapist will work with you to increase your muscle strength and cardiovascular fitness coupled with a self implemented program outside of the clinic that they will oversee. It may also be beneficial to discuss things with the Dietitian.

For our kids this largely involves play therapy helping them develop the necessary skills in order to keep up with their peers at school or in preparation to commence school. We make it fun. Our clinics are equipped with lots and lots of great equipment and fun skill building activities including a huge climbing wall, monkey bars, safe play foam equipments, swings and much much more…

INCREASED MUSCULAR STRENGTH

Aevum Physiotherapy is equipped with excellent accessible strengthening equipment. We have a full scale adults gym within our facilities and we also have a kids specific area. Increasing muscular strength has a significant carry over into many different areas of life as both an adult and a kid. Building strength will reduce risk of injury, reduce falls risks and increase walking tolerances. There are so many ways we can help increase muscle strength and when you come into our facilities you will see how well equipped we are to help.

IMPROVED COORDINATION AND BALANCE

This is also an area we try and address within our Physio or Exercise Physiology therapy program. Balance and coordination can be substantially improved with our programs. One simply way is to create progressively challenging obstacle courses to navigate. This may include safe stairs and steps to walk up and over as this is a frequent area many kids may need some assistance with to build the confidence to walk up and down stairs independently without assistance.

We are centrally located in the Sutherland Shire at 550 Princes highway Kirrawee. We boarder Gymea, Miranda, Sutherland and Caringbah is just down the road. Our Helensburgh facility is located at Shop 2/20 Walker Street and boarders Engadine and Heathcote as well as Stanwell park and the south coast.

We offer a free initial consultation to all participants on the NDIS. This is a chance for you to come in and meet the team and see our excellent facilities prior to commencing with us. Please call us anytime to schedule a visit with our friendly staff.