To mark World Autism Acceptance Day, the House of Lords Committee on the Autism Act 2009 is today launching its Call for Evidence inviting written contributions to its inquiry.
Background
The Committee wants to understand how well the Autism Act, the Government’s autism strategy and the statutory guidance are working so that it can make specific, practical recommendations about what the Government should do next.
The committee is seeking evidence on key questions about how to improve support for autistic people, including:
- How can public understanding and acceptance of autistic people be improved?
- How can the Government improve assessment, diagnosis and post-diagnostic support?
- How can the Government improve the identification and support of autistic people when they need it (including if they do not have a diagnosis)?
- How can access to healthcare be improved?
- How can community support be improved?
- How can access to education be improved?
- How can support for autistic people to find and stay in work be improved?
- How can support for autistic people who are in contact with the criminal and youth justice systems be improved?
The Committee wants to hear from a wide range of people and organisations with different experiences and perspectives. We particularly welcome your views if any of the following apply to you:
- you are an autistic person (including if you have a diagnosis or if you consider yourself autistic)
- you have an autistic person in your family, or you care for/support an autistic person
- you work with autistic people in your job
- you work on research into how to support autistic people.
To give everyone interested the opportunity to respond, the call for evidence is open for two months, which is longer than usual. The committee invites interested people to submit written evidence by Monday 2 June 2025.
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