Minutes of the Sixteenth Post-Diagnostic Support Group 26th October 2016 Today’s group was attended by 36 people. Items discussed were: Linda introduced the group explaining the structure for the group. She passed on Carly’s and David Reiser’s apologies for not…

Just 16% of autistic adults are in full-time paid employment. And, in almost a decade, this appalling situation hasn’t improved. We are determined to change this, but we need your help. Please sign our petition calling on the Government to…

Eight out of 10 autistic children find going to school so stressful that they experience anxiety. Of those, 58% find this anxiety so debilitating that they miss days at school, according to a new survey. The report, entitled When Will…

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched new Public Policy Statements on Hate Crime and put them to a public consultation. The statements focus on crimes against disabled people, racial and religious and homophobic and transphobic hate crime. The policy…

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All of us here at Axia-ASD would like to congratulate our friend Luke Beardon for winning two categories at last Saturday’s “Autism Hero Awards” held in London. The categories were “Lifetime Award” and “Professional Award”, and the whole event was…

We are delighted to announce further developments in Axia ASD Ltd. Firstly, Scott Bailey has joined the team as Technical Supervisor. Some of you may have met him at our Adult Post-Diagnostic Support Group at “the Creative table”. This is…

Axia-ASD’s Post-Diagnostic Support Group Dates for 2017 As was mentioned during our recent September session on Wednesday, all future meetings at the Crewe Lifestyle Centre will take place between Noon and 2:00pm. Any changes to the times are marked in…

Yesterday Dr Buchan and Carly attended the Public Policy Exchange on Developing Community Services to Deliver Better Outcomes for People with Autism in London. We were surprised to see there were only 16 attendees, however, this small number of attendees…

Minutes of the Fifthteenth Post-Diagnostic Support Group 21st September 2016 Today’s group was attended by 33 people. Items discussed were: Linda introduced the team members present to the many new attendees. Linda then introduced David who was delivering this month’s…

“XI Autism Europe International Congress” Linda, Calvin, Carly and David attended the eleventh European congress. These are held every three years and there were 1,750 attendees from 60 countries extending way beyond Europe. Day 1 After the opening ceremony here…