As of September 2024, 204,876 people were waiting for an autism assessment in England, new latest NHS data has revealed. That’s more than the population of Reading.

We are proud to announce that volunteers at our charity’s North Northumberland branch have received The King’s Award for Voluntary Service; celebrating the outstanding work they do in their local ...

The Government has this week unveiled its new Mental Health Bill, which will reform mental health legislation to end the inappropriate detention of autistic people and people with a learning ...

Autism Know How is our umbrella name for all our autism training and best practice services. The team can answer enquiries about: Training for professionals Autism accreditation and best practice for ...

In January, we will launch a completely updated employment advice hub, with content for autistic people and for employers. To support this launch, we are creating multimedia content with autistic ...

I wanted to take part in this campaign because I think it's really important to see real people who are autistic. There is not enough in the media about it. There are very, very few autistic women on ...

Our accreditation programme helps organisations, and specialist and mainstream service providers, to offer excellent support ...

A £22.6 billion increase to the day-to-day health budget A commitment to reducing NHS waiting lists A £1 billion investment for SEND An increase to the Carer’s Allowance Threshold An extension of the ...

In total 2,020 autistic people and people with learning disabilities are in inpatient mental health hospitals in England 1,385 (69%) of these people are autistic There are 200 under 18s in inpatient ...

Our charity has responded to the Care Quality Commission’s annual assessment of the state of health and social care in England. Tim Nicholls, Assistant Director of Policy, Research & Strategy at the ...

To finish off our Black History Month Celebrations, we had George from Primary Workshops deliver an African Dance workshop for all our pupils and staff. We had a great day filled with high energy ...