Care for those with learning disabilities or autistic people New guidance published today will provide a boost in the quality of care for people with a learning disability or autistic people Published 19 June 2025 New guidance published today to…

Jamie Oliver: Why Dyslexic Thinking Is The Secret Ingredient You Need To Create Change Jamie Oliver is Britain’s best-selling non-fiction author – selling over 50 million books worldwide. He’s taught the world to cook and used his Dyslexic Thinking to…

Take Action To Oppose The Disability Benefits Cuts! – Sign The Petition, Write To Your MP A new petition backed by Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs) aims to unite opposition to the government’s “devastating” disability benefit cuts and reforms by calling…

A team at City St George’s are looking to work with 5 autistic adults who have recently had diagnostic imaging (like x-rays, CT, MRI, ultrasound) or radiotherapy. We need your help to design a questionnaire, and we need to ensure…

Research Study Participant Information Video: Exploring the Intersectional experience of being Black and Autistic Informational Video about autism research taking place. If you are interested in participating, please contact the researcher Heather Chambers via email: h.chambers3@herts.ac.uk for more info. Share…

A research recruitment poster from a dear trans Autistic friend of mine. *** A poster for a research project. The title reads “call for research participants: are you trans and autistic?” and there is a QR code which could be…

On Thursday 24 April at 10:15, the Committee will hear from three witnesses who advocate for better health and care services for autistic people. ➡️ Paula McGowan OBE (Also on BlueSky), Founder of Oliver McGowan mandatory training on learning disability…

The National Autistic Society – It’s How You Show Up Our surveys show there is a significant gap in understanding of autism and the ways in which people can support autistic people and their families. Showing up for autistic people…

To mark World Autism Acceptance Day, the House of Lords Committee on the Autism Act 2009 is today launching its Call for Evidence inviting written contributions to its inquiry. Background The Committee wants to understand how well the Autism Act,…

Hey folks, If you or anyone you know or work with may benefit from free co-produced/specialised therapy for social anxiety disorder in autistic people, we’re looking for participants! *We’re particularly keen on recruiting a diverse sample if possible. So to…

Autistic people and their families are facing #AConstantFight for support. From diagnosis, to education, to healthcare, employment and beyond, as soon as one round ends, it feels like another starts. We are hosting an event in parliament to make sure…

Before I log off for the festive period, I wanted to share this exciting news! @dyspraxiamagazine has published my recent OT article. If you haven’t read Dyspraxia Magazine it is currently free and you can access it here: https://lnkd.in/e45F7S7t The…

“Blamed Instead of Helped” – Uncovering How Parents of Autistic Children Experience Parental Blame William Gomes Published Nov 20, 2024 A Ground-Breaking Study Sheds Light on a Pervasive Problem and Provides Recommendations for Change The “Autism and Parental Blame Project”…

As you know, Axia sincerely values peoples interests, hence we try to do film reviews, game reviews and book reviews and so on, and we welcome Guest Reviews, the most recent of which was from Helen on Lynne Jones excellent…

Steve Silberman, writer on the Grateful Dead and autism, dies at 66 Steve Silberman, a journalist who championed autism rights and wrote for the Grateful Dead, died Wednesday night. He was 66. Silberman’s husband, Keith Karraker, announced the death Thursday…

Why Can’t I Just Enjoy Things?: A Comedian’s Guide to Autism Hardcover – 18 July 2024 by Pierre Novellie  Comedian Pierre Novellie was on stage when a heckler suggested he was autistic. Usually, this disruption would be water off a…