James Morton AM is an Australian medical doctor and advocate for children with autism spectrum disorders.
Morton is a specialist haematologist and oncologist at Brisbane's Mater Hospital and a senior specialist with the Leukaemia & Bone Marrow Transplant Service at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital.
[1] In 1996, Morton travelled to the United States where he was an international fellow at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, before returning to Australian in 1998.
[1] Morton was previously board member of Icon Cancer Care and the Leukaemia Foundation, where he was credited with developing the World's Greatest Shave initiative into an annual national campaign from a one-off event in Lismore, New South Wales.
[3][4] Following a report commissioned by Morton, Australian Prime Minister John Howard announced that $190 million of additional funding would be delivered to support services for autistic children.