04 Sep Jon Spiers – Our changing understanding of autism
The Autism Alliance has been an immensely useful conduit for us to communicate the latest research findings to frontline service organisations, helping them think...
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16 Aug Legal ruling gives SEND pupils greater protection against exclusion.
Pupils with autistic spectrum disorders will be offered greater protection against school exclusion, after what campaigners are calling a "landmark" legal ruling....
27 Jul Campaigners criticise scale and pace of government’s children’s mental health plans
Government plans to improve children's mental health have been criticised by campaigners after it was confirmed that efforts to boost support will not be introduced...
27 Jul Excluded pupils ‘abandoned by education system’
Increasing numbers of children are being excluded from schools across England and effectively abandoned to specialist provision that often fails to give them the education...
27 Jul Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision
Government Response to the First Joint Report of the Education and Health and Social Care Committees of Session 2017-19 on Transforming Children and Young People’s...
12 Jul Autistica and King’s College London launch Molehill Mountain
Available on the Apple App Store today, Molehill Mountain is the first evidence-led smartphone app aiming to help autistic adults understand and self-manage their own anxiety....
25 Jun Prevent avoidable deaths by making autism training mandatory.
This is a link to a petition regarding mandatory autism training for staff in the NHS, both Mencap & NAS have shown support for this...
10 May The winner of The Spectrum Art Prize 2018 is…
The film ‘How to be Autistic’ by Charlotte Amelia Poe is a calm and forceful description of personal experience. Using a sophisticated knowledge of the structure...
10 May Credible Plan to sustain underfunded cares sector needed this year
Public Accounts Committee report warns urgent action required to reverse care work’s poor public image. ...
10 May Green Paper on Child Mental Health and First Joint Report of the Education and Health and Social Care Committees
Green Paper on Child Mental Health and First Joint Report of the Education and Health and Social Care Committees...