The Mansfield Autism Statewide Service will be able to help more children with autism and their families after receiving $6.5 million from the Victorian government to build more accommodation on its 100-acre therapeutic farm. “To have the funding for the houses...
A teenage prodigy living with autism has proposed a major revegetation project for a therapeutic farm in regional Victoria. Earlier this year, not-for-profit organisation Mansfield Autism Statewide Services (MASS) bought an idyllic farm for its clients. However, the...
It was the tranquil hush of the 40ha farm that first convinced Simone Reeves and her board to buy the land, just outside Mansfield in Victoria’s high country. Simone, director of Mansfield Autism Statewide Service (MASS), says they had for many years been looking for...
A month on from his incredible story of survival, autistic teen Will Callaghan is back among the soothing trees, hills and fields of the country where he can run, play and explore with a level of freedom impossible anywhere else, while also learning life and coping...
An autism support service has purchased an idyllic 40-hectare farm in north-eastern Victoria that it says could vastly improve the lives of its clients. The homestead on rolling hills and amid glistening dams just outside Mansfield has incredible views of the nearby...
A 100 acre farm, just out of Mansfield in north east Victoria, is now owned by Mansfield Autism Statewide Services (MASS) and will be the future home for the many services provided to support Victorian families living with autism. “Buying the farm is the first...
