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 contains a definition of what constitutes a disability hate crime: Any criminal offence which is…

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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 deemed a huge success, so congratulations to all involved! Share This Post:

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 a space within the group where people can draw, doodle and so on which people…

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 red. Wednesday 26th October 2016 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Wednesday 7th December 2016 12:00…

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 allowed for a very interactive and interesting day throughout! The chair of the event was…

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 presentation. David spoke about Pathological Demand Avoidance explaining the terminology to the group as well…

“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 is a summary of the talks that Linda went to. David, Calvin and Carly went…

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Just to remind people or share with people who have not seen this the attached Venn Diagram. Everyone will be aware that none of us fit neatly into boxes and there is enormous overlap with the various neurodevelopmental conditions. This diagram gives some way of thinking about this overlap. If people would like to discuss…

Many parents of autistic children face long battles to get their child the right education and support, despite the government introducing a new system two years ago that was meant to make things easier and less adversarial, according to a report. The report, by the National Autistic Society (NAS), found that, despite the introduction of…