Complaints about health or care provision The health and care complaints process can be different for adults and children and according to where you live. Share This Post:

Assessment of Education, Health and Care needs in England This information looks at how autistic children and young people might receive support for their special educational needs (SEN) at nursery, school and college Most children’s needs can be met by…

Minutes of the Thirty Second Post-Diagnostic Support Group 29th August 2018 Today’s group was attended by 27 people and 1 Autism dog. Unfortunately, despite Dreams best attempts, as soon as Linda put the microphone in her pocket, it would have…

Hi Supporter, Breaking news – a better future for autistic pupils thanks to amazing people like you As you know, the National Autistic Society recently intervened in a court case involving an autistic pupil who was excluded from school. We…

Bristol legend ‘Big Jeff’ is more than a music-loving local celeb – his love of gigs changed his life If a band plays in Bristol and the man they call Big Jeff isn’t down the front, punching the air and…

August 2018   Good news about Blue Badges, exclusions and the NHS in England! After years of campaigning by our staff, volunteers and supporters, we’ve had three pieces of good news in England recently. First, the NHS has announced that…

NHS England have said today that ‘autism and learning disability’ will be one of four clinical priorities in their upcoming ten-year plan to improve health services in England (this is often called the ‘long term plan’).  This is fantastic news…

The Government has today announced that it is planning to make important changes to Blue Badge rules, which will mean that many autistic people in England will qualify. This move follows years of campaigning from the National Autistic Society, our supporters,…

We wanted to share this as it may be a good resource for people needing advocacy. Hello Welcome to our first You Voice focused Spotlight eBulletin. As part of your subscription to our eBulletin, these Spotlight eBulletins are published periodically,…

Minutes of the Thirty First Post-Diagnostic Support Group 18th July 2018 Minutes – taken by Linda Saint   The meeting was attended by 45 people and 1 Autism dog. Given we are now within the holiday period the meeting was…

Hi Supporter, You’re one of the amazing people who understand how challenging living with autism can be. So we wanted you to be the first to know that we’re trying to change the law. Share This Post:

The UK’s mass autism-friendly shopping event is back! From Saturday 6 October at 10am, there will be a week of Autism Hours in shops across the country. Last year 5,000 retailers got involved, and this year we’re hoping even more…