Minutes of the Thirty Fifth Post-Diagnostic Support Group 13th March 2019 Today’s group was attended with 36 people and one assistance dog The presentation on exercise is on our website in terms of the PowerPoint presentation that Sarah delivered and…
Ask your MP to attend the debate As we build to World Autism Awareness Week (1-7 April), we want to make sure that autism is still on politicians’ agenda. This April is a critical moment for people to learn about…
Dyspraxia Foundation Youth Event 6th April 2019 Manchester Metropolitan University – The Union 9:30am – 3pm Age: 16 – 25 Share This Post:
Spectrum Live – Tomorrow Join us on our Facebook page for a special live event, starting tomorrow at 7pm. We’ll be live streaming our specialists, as well as speaking to autistic people and families about what it means to get…
Go 7k for the 700k! Almost everyone has heard of autism now. But many people don’t understand what it can actually be like to be autistic and unhelpful stereotypes are still far too common. The National Autistic Society wants to…
Hello, just an update for Dr Linda Buchan and anyone else interested, we were part of a debate today, sunday 10th march on Fii with Dr Glaser on BBc 5 live, the recording is online. They agreed that if fii…
“And another massive thank you goes to our amazing presenters @CarrieGrant1 and @SarahHendrickx_ https://t.co/73GX68DSEX“ Share This Post:
Revealed: winners of the NAS Autism Professionals Awards (8 March 2019) See members of axia on the table. We were very proud that Calvin presented the award for Outstanding Health Services Award Share This Post:
Autism-anorexia link ‘must be acted on’ By Louis Lee Ray BBC Victoria Derbyshire programme 27 February 2019 The NHS must change the way it assesses eating disorders to take account of a link with autism, a research charity has said.…
Code of practice on the delivery of autism services We want your views on the development of a code of practice on the delivery of autism services. How to respond Consultation ends: 1 March 2019 9 days left to respond…
Change the definition Change the destination Autism is not a mental health problem so why is it currently defined as a ‘mental disorder’ under the Mental Health Act? This puts autistic people at greater risk of being sectioned instead of…
Mark Lever, the National Autistic Society’s Chief Executive, is leaving the charity after 11 years. Here is his letter to you and all their supporters. Share This Post:
Insights Bewildered by bipolar disorder? Knowledge is power Catch up Transitioning from CAMHS to AMHS: is policy maturing? Learn | Campaign | Support Explore MHT’s Teach Me Well campaign for 2019, shaping new mental health lessons before they enter the…
Don’t forget this event next week. Sue and Linda will be going. Share This Post:
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Consultation description The government wants to know how we can make sure that health and social care staff have the right training to understand the needs of people with a learning disability and autistic people, and make reasonable adjustments to…
The government will collect evidence from autistic children, their families and their carers on how to improve the support they get. The government’s review of services and support for autistic people is covering autistic children as well as adults for…
Following yesterdays enjoyable book signing, we wanted to share a few photos with everyone. Click on images to enlarge. Share This Post:
3rd June 2026
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