Hi everyone, This week we had our first hybrid post diagnostic support group which took place at Chester Racecourse. The presentation was given by Dr Peter Mason and focussed on ADHD – if you would like to rewatch or catch…

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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We were very pleased to see a Tweet by Alex Lowery, in which he talks about a YouTube video he has made about his “Journey of Autism into Anime”, where he talks about our 2015 Conference “Perspectives from the Spectrum”,…

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…

We are very pleased to have recently received this certificate of appreciation, following on from recent work based learners students attending Axia. Bev Lonergan Facilities Manager and Directors P.A.   Share This Post:

Thank you to Dr Catriona Stewart from the Scottish Women’s Autism Network, for her wonderful presentation on “Well Being, Peer support and Self-Identity”, given to our July Post-Diagnostic Support Group meeting.   For those of you who missed our July…

Mario Strikers: Battle League Football  (available for Nintendo Switch only) Mario Strikers: Battle League Football is developed by Next Level Games, making this their first project since being purchased by Nintendo at the beginning of last year. Mario Strikers was…

The Government has published its draft bill to change mental health laws in England and Wales. This is a huge step forward in the campaign to stop the scandal of autistic people being wrongly detained and stuck in mental health…

Thank you to Julia and Sarah from the PDA Society for their extremely interesting and informative presentation, “An Introduction to PDA” given to our May Post-Diagnostic Support Group meeting.   For those of you who missed our May PDSG, the…

We would just like to bring to peoples attention, that although the ADHD NICE Guidelines Patient Booklet mentions under 5 year olds, we are not able to assess for ADHD in children who are under 7 years old.   Please…