Minutes of the Thirty Second Post-Diagnostic Support Group 29th August 2018 Today’s group was attended by 27 people and 1 Autism dog. Unfortunately, despite Dreams best attempts, as soon as Linda put the microphone in her pocket, it would have…

Hi Supporter, Breaking news – a better future for autistic pupils thanks to amazing people like you As you know, the National Autistic Society recently intervened in a court case involving an autistic pupil who was excluded from school. We…

Jack Monroe is a food writer and poverty campaigner who has been diagnosed with Autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Jack Monroe on the need for low-cost recipes, defeating Katie Hopkins and why her son doesn’t have unsupervised access to…

Bristol legend ‘Big Jeff’ is more than a music-loving local celeb – his love of gigs changed his life If a band plays in Bristol and the man they call Big Jeff isn’t down the front, punching the air and…

August 2018   Good news about Blue Badges, exclusions and the NHS in England! After years of campaigning by our staff, volunteers and supporters, we’ve had three pieces of good news in England recently. First, the NHS has announced that…

NHS England have said today that ‘autism and learning disability’ will be one of four clinical priorities in their upcoming ten-year plan to improve health services in England (this is often called the ‘long term plan’).  This is fantastic news…

The Government has today announced that it is planning to make important changes to Blue Badge rules, which will mean that many autistic people in England will qualify. This move follows years of campaigning from the National Autistic Society, our supporters,…

We wanted to share this as it may be a good resource for people needing advocacy. Hello Welcome to our first You Voice focused Spotlight eBulletin. As part of your subscription to our eBulletin, these Spotlight eBulletins are published periodically,…

LDT – News, 26 July 2018 United Response staff are being shown how to advocate on behalf of the people they support. United Response is training its staff in Leeds to help people with disabilities and their carers spot the…

Minutes of the Thirty First Post-Diagnostic Support Group 18th July 2018 Minutes – taken by Linda Saint   The meeting was attended by 45 people and 1 Autism dog. Given we are now within the holiday period the meeting was…

Hi Supporter, You’re one of the amazing people who understand how challenging living with autism can be. So we wanted you to be the first to know that we’re trying to change the law. Share This Post:

Welcome to your Mental Health Today update Insights Keeping life on track after the death of a parent carer Catch up Rise in demand for private counsellors as patients say NHS waiting lists are too long New primary care platform…

This student with dyspraxia was told he was ‘just bad at maths’ – but he proved teachers wrong by getting a master’s in it ‘I managed to get through a system that holds disabled people back’ A student with dyspraxia…