Rural poverty: Without public transport or digital connection, mental healthcare excludes children More support is needed for young people’s mental health in coastal and rural areas, a Centre for Mental Health report shows. Children living in remote rural and coastal…
About the Fayre Due to the recent pandemic and circumstances of health and safety, we have decided to hold our annual Fayre virtually. It will take place between 13th – 16th September. Although we are disappointed at not holding the…
Book Review of “Spectrum Women – Autism and Parenting” By Renata Jurkevythz, Maura Campbell and Lisa Morgan Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers You may have noticed that we have not reviewed any books for a considerably long time. It is…
Insights How to create support plans How to understand and discuss disorders and self-harm How to support children who have experienced emotional / psychological abuse Your ‘anti-glossary’ for talking about mental illness and mental health challenges Premium content Explore mental…
Elevated rates of autism, other neurodevelopmental and psychiatric diagnoses, and autistic traits in transgender and gender-diverse individuals Varun Warrier, David M. Greenberg, Elizabeth Weir, Clara Buckingham, Paula Smith, Meng-Chuan Lai, Carrie Allison & Simon Baron-Cohen Nature Communications volume 11, Article…
Further insight A testing time for learning disability services Catch up How to change up quality of life for people with learning disabilities and / or autism – read the research findings and watch our exclusive video interviews Explore the…
Government produces official face mask exemption card You can show this to explain you don’t have to wear a mask in a shop or on a bus An official card has been produced by the Government which people can show…
Ruth and Thomas enjoy an outdoor date in Love on the Spectrum. Photograph: Courtesy of Netflix Netflix’s latest reality effort follows the lives of people on the autism spectrum in detail, with warmth, insight and joy At first glance, Love…
Claire Cookson Blog, 10 July 2020 Claire Cookson, CEO of employment facilitator DFN Project SEARCH, describes how young people with learning disabilities have stepped into key worker roles during the Covid-19 Pandemic and the legacy it may leave. The pandemic…
Those of you who attend our PDSGs, may remember at Luke’s last presentation he mentioned a research project that he was hoping to get ethical approval for, and that it would depend on getting enough participants from our Post-Diagnostic Support…
I’m an autistic, mixed race woman – let’s discuss intersectionality Multiply marginalised due to being a mixed race, autistic woman, Mette writes for Learning Disability Today about how she experiences a world that wasn’t built for her. Content warning: racism…
Another busy week here at Axia this week with six diagnosticians carrying out sterling work. It was also a very sad day today as we said goodbye to Evie Connor, who is relocating back to Scotland. She will still be…
This is the first of our Weekly Bulletins. Again a very busy week with lots of diagnoses happening. Calvin and Renwick have continued streaming Final Fantasy on Calvin’s YouTube Channel, recently started The Last of Us Remastered on Tuesday, and…
Another successful day here at Axia, with three clinicians carrying out sterling work. As mentioned yesterday, this will be the last of our ‘Daily Updates’ as next week we will start to do a ‘Weekly Update’ every Friday. …
Another successful day here at Axia, with four clinicians carrying out fantastic work. We would just like to remind everyone that our offices now close at 4:45pm on Fridays. This is to allow our hard working Admin Team the…
Another successful, if quiet, day today here at Axia, with two clinicians carrying out excellent work. For those of you who watched Calvin and Ren’s live stream last night, you will already know that they finally completed ‘Spyro 3’.…
22nd April 2026
Submit your own "Reviews" or "Guest Content" by clicking on the icon, or click here.
If you are experiencing difficulties with the functionality of our website, please let us know by clicking the image above.
Please click the links below for quick access to the following:
Recent Comments