AutismAction – Making the House of Lords Report Count

The Autism Act 2009 is a law that says the Government must make an autism strategy, keep it up to date, and provide guidance for the NHS and local authorities about what they need to do. A House of Lords committee was formed in 2025 to review the Autism Act and to make recommendations about how the Government should support autistic people. That makes both the Autism Act and the autism strategy what we call ‘root causes’ – because they have the potential to have an impact on all autistic people, and if the Autism Act and autism strategy aren’t working, they will create a huge number of problems across all areas of life.