Last week, the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, laid out the Government’s plans for spending. He promised that disability benefits would rise in line with inflation, and that additional funding would be made available to health, social care and education. This funding…

BBC Sounds – Room 5, Series 2, Ep4: Joel Released On: 01 Feb 2022 – Available for over a year ‘I stare at my own reflection, trying to remind myself that I’m not dead.’ Joel never understood why he felt…

BBC Sounds – Room 5, Series 2, Ep1: Holly Released On: 01 Nov 2022 – Available for over a year Aged 39, Holly Smale was a successful author – the creator of the bestselling series of children’s books, Geek Girl.…

Elliot Abery, with his pet cat Chicken Chicken won the “Furr-Ever Friends” category at the awards on Thursday A cat named Chicken, who is an anxiety-battling companion to an 11-year-old autistic boy, has scooped a national award. The 10-year-old moggy…

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A survey asking for the views of autistic people, families and professionals on a new independently appointed Commissioner to promote and protect the rights of autistic people has been launched today. The survey, jointly run by the National Autistic Society…

A warm welcome to the latest membership update from the National Autistic Society. Here you’ll find news, advice, services we provide and how we are looking to make your membership more meaningful. To celebrate our 60th anniversary, we aimed to…

Enjoy some summer reading with the latest issue of the Spectrum magazine! In the ‘being yourself’ edition, Lavender Girl describes spending a lifetime trying to fit in. Kayleigh writes about masking at school and work, while Nick says how hard…

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A controversial bill that will recognise British Sign Language (BSL) as a language in England, Scotland and Wales is set to become law after being passed by both Houses of Parliament. BSL-users have been warned that the private members’ bill…

Doctors knew in 1973 that the epilepsy drug sodium valproate posed a risk to unborn children — and ordered that warnings be removed from packets. Almost 50 years and 20,000 disabled babies later, it is still being prescribed to pregnant…

Having been very proud sponsoring the National Autistic Society’s “Left Stranded” project, which is a long-term response to the mental health crises lots of autistic children and adults face, we are now able to share the “Autism & Mental Health…

An open letter to Rishi Sunak MP: Invest now to end the autism diagnosis crisis. The National Autistic Society wrote to Rishi Sunak MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, ahead of his Spring Statement on Wednesday to tell him he must…

According to new research, a significant percentage of people who died by suicide were likely autistic but undiagnosed. Written by Edward Gould-Brown Last year, neurodiversity charity, Autistica [1], estimated that there are over half a million of mostly undiagnosed autistic…

To all teachers, We’d love your school to join us this World Autism Acceptance Week (28 March – 3 April) and help improve understanding and acceptance of autism. Sign up to our free Autism Practice Education newsletter and receive practical…

ICD-11 2022 release ICD-11 is now officially in effect for the national and international recording and reporting of causes of illness, death – and more. The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) provides a common language that allows health professionals to…

Over 40,000 sign our petition to save autistic children’s futures On Tuesday, we went to Westminster to tell Nadhim Zahawi, Secretary of State for Education, that he has to act now to save autistic children’s futures. 42,237 campaigners signed our…