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 ...

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 ...

The National Autistic Society has welcomed several announcements made in today’s Autumn Budget, including: ...

The National Autistic Society has responded to Kemi Badenoch’s views on autism, as seen in the ‘Conservatism in Crisis’ pamphlet. Mel Merritt, Head of Policy and Campaigns at the National Autistic ...

On Friday, September 27th, 2024, KS4 students at Sybil Elgar School hosted a café to support Macmillan Cancer Support, selling cakes and snacks. The event was a great success, raising £215 for 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 ...

The National Autistic Society has responded to Children’s Commissioner Dame Rachel De Souza’s report revealing the delays and inequalities facing children with neurodevelopmental conditions including ...

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 ...

The National Autistic Society is encouraging people to be sensory-aware during Bonfire Night celebrations this year by using your SENSES. Many autistic adults and parents of autistic children choose ...

Autism charities have today made a joint call for urgent action to end the avoidable and devastating crisis affecting tens of thousands of people waiting for a diagnosis. In a letter to Chancellor ...

Our students have been doing exceptionally well as you will see in the newsletter. It is packed with lots of the activities our pupils have been up to this half term, including, a trip to Yorkshire ...

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 ...