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When Gay von Ess completed her training and started as a preschool
teacher in the late 1960s, she felt an instant attraction to the two
special needs children in her care.
''I really felt they were more interesting than the mainstream children,'' she said.
She quickly moved into the area of special education and has been
helping Canberra families with children with autism and Aspergers
syndrome ever since.
Today she receives a Medal of the Order of
Australia in the General Division for service to people with autism
spectrum disorders and their families, as an advocate and educator.
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