You may remember last year, Hillary Newhall designed an autism friendly garden which was created for the RHS Flower Show in Tatton Park, and won Bronze.   The show garden, titled “The Secret Garden: For Us, By Us,” was transferred to our premises after the show.   Thank you to our General Manager’s (Evie’s) father…

Thank you to Elliot Chapman, one of our own Anime Amigos and “Nerd Consultants”, who gave his first presentation for us with his excellent account of “War on Vaccines: The MMR Scare and the Modern Anti-Vax Movement”. Linda also brought up the National Autistic Societies “Open Letter” petition, which she urged people to sign, and…

This is HUGE! In the past two days alone, an enormous 20,000 of you have said Truth. It Matters, in response to yet another unscientific, scare-mongering claim about autism. Please keep speaking up for the truth. Sign the open letter if you haven’t already and share with your friends, family and social networks if you…

The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between autism and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy.  Globally, nearly 62 million people (1 in 127) have autism spectrum disorder, a diverse group of conditions related to development of the brain. Although awareness and diagnosis…

We have had enough. We are sick and tired of hearing baseless claims instead of focusing on what really matters for autistic people and we know you are too. Trump’s most recent claims about the causes of autism are dangerous, anti-science, and irresponsible. The truth matters and autistic people deserve better. Will you sign our…

Joint statement from: Ambitious about Autism, Autism Alliance, Autistica and National Autistic Society. Today, the Trump administration has issued a statement linking paracetamol use in pregnancy to autism. The evidence to suggest paracetamol use in pregnancy increases the likelihood of a baby being autistic is very weak and based on poorly conducted studies. High-quality, well-controlled…

Read The Children’s Plan: The Children’s Commissioner’s School Census in full. Read the Summary version. For the first time as Children’s Commissioner, I have used my statutory powers to ask all schools, and colleges, a set of questions. A census in response to what children told me they wanted and needed to attend, engage, attain, and excel. I…

Sincere thanks to Dr Luke Beardon for his thought provoking presentation  on “Reasonable Adjustments for Autistic Adults”, in which he goes into concepts of “energy exchange” and “Autistic Courtesy” among many other things. It appears I inadvertently deleted slide 21 whilst editing the video, however a PDF of the presentation can be found below, along…

We shall be including the report mentioned which is due in September at our PDSG which is now on 1/10 Please come and join us Dr. Linda Buchan Consultant Clinical Psychologist & Director of Axia ASD Ltd. Share This Post:

Get involved – #ComeOnBridget! We need the Secretary of State for Education, Bridget Phillipson, to make sure our education system works for all children – including those with dyslexia. If you’ve lived it, watched your child struggle, or tried to support kids in the classroom – now’s the time to speak up – LITERALLY! Voice…

We have included important information that was shared on social media during July, so you have this all in one place. We have tried to make it plain English.  If you are looking at this from a work email address and can’t see the pictures below, try sending this email to your personal email address.…

They’ve only gone and done it! 🎉 ⚽ The National Autistic Society is sending huge congratulations to the Lionesses for their spectacular win at the UEFA Women’s EURO final! Thank you for bringing it home! We are so proud of Lucy Bronze MBE who is not only a brilliant Ambassador for our charity, but an…