Council to apologise for not offering young person with anxiety alternative educational arrangements Local councils have a duty to provide alternative educational arrangements for young people who are unable to attend school, reminds the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman. A…

What does the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act mean for autistic people? The Independent Review of the Mental Health Act was published last week and recommended welcome and far reaching proposals to improve mental health care in England and…

A major new project involving Wirral Council and Wirral-based charity Autism Together will be given almost £100,000 to use ‘wearable technology’ to help some of the most vulnerable people in the borough. The world-first scheme, pioneered by Autism Together, will…

Axia’s Christmas Closure begins at 12 noon on Thursday 20th December. Business resumes on 2nd January at 9 am. Christmas is almost here. While some people look forward to and enjoy the festive season, other people find it a trickier…

As the self proclaimed Nerd Consultant here at Axia, I thought this might be useful to people at this time of the year. Calvin Nerd Consultant   Share This Post:

Season’s Greetings to you all and we would like to thank everyone who came to see us in 2018 and to say it was a privilege meeting you all.   We are also looking forward to continuing to provide our…

Insights The movements giving a voice to service seekers as well as service users “It is vital that we keep this momentum going”: Rethink Mental Illness on the Mental Health Act review Catch up Independent review of the Mental Health…

Thanks to Flo Neville, an Autistic Nutritional Coach, who was our Guest Speaker at Wednesdays Post-Diagnostic Support Group. Her excellent talk included how stress hormone imbalance can affect short term memory, mood regulation, planning and organising; regulating our behaviour and…

Mental Health Act changes could see 10,000 fewer individuals face compulsory detention “Our current legislation was written when people with mental health needs were seen as people to be feared rather than helped,” Sir Simon Wessley said upon sharing his independent review’s recommendations.…

Minutes of the Thirty Fourth Post-Diagnostic Support Group 5th December 2018 Today’s group was well attended with over 40 people and one assistance dog The speaker was Florence Neville (www.florenceneville.com) who gave an extremely interesting and engaging talk on “Sugar,…

I’m an autistic celebrity in the jungle Anne Hegerty, a supporter of the National Autistic Society, joined the line-up in the jungle for ITV’s I’m A Celebrity last month (and is still in the jungle at the time of writing)…

By Lauren Lomax on 29th November 2018 in Community, News, Regional News With recent headlines focussing on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) after Anne Hegerty entered the I’m A Celebrity jungle, we speak to Peter Baimbridge, from Salfordautism, about this and…

Blog: ATUs: Campaigns to change the appalling situation and how you can help (16 November 2018)   In this blog Jane Harris, our Director of External Affairs, sets out what’s going wrong with Assessment and Treatment Units (ATUs) and other…

We are pleased to let people know that the Axia telephone line is now working again, and we hope there will be no further disruptions. Anyone experiencing problems getting through can email enquiries@axia-asd.co.uk. Thank you. Share This Post:

‘Teach me well’ – your chance to shape the mental health content in the new national curriculum 19 October 2018 Mental health will become a mandatory part of primary and secondary school education in England and Wales from September 2020.…

Far too many autistic people don’t get the right healthcare and support – simply because too few NHS staff have received good autism training. Yesterday, in a debate in Parliament, the Minister for Care, Caroline Dinenage MP, committed to including…

Embrace Autistic Stimming | North Wales Autism Conference 2018 This was Sara’s speech, “Embrace the Autistic Stim,” at the 3rd Annual North Wales Autism Conference. She says: “It was such an honour and privilege to be invited to talk about…