We are delighted that Helen Allison School has achieved the Beacon Award for exceptional work in sharing their knowledge and understanding of autism good practice, to educate, guide and inspire others ...

All employees deserve to feel at ease within their work place and feel that their ability to apply for job roles will be met with autism friendly adjustments and processes. Offering an autism ...

More women and girls than ever before are discovering that they are autistic. Many had been missed or misdiagnosed due to outdated stereotypes about autism. But that is slowly changing. In the past, ...

Our charity has launched a new award to help organisations create more inclusive, understanding and supportive workplaces for ...

Find out more about this lifelong developmental disability that affects more than one in 100 people.

Sadly, some autistic people enter the criminal justice system. A report written in 2023 by the Criminal Justice Joint Inspectorate, Neurodiversity in the criminal justice system, identified a lack of ...

Clare Hughes has worked at the National Autistic Society for the past 22 years. She has worked exclusively in the area of autism and the criminal justice system for over a decade. This has included ...

the challenges autistic people have in inpatient units what Care, Education and Treatment Reviews (CETRs) are why they’re needed the positive impact they have lessons learned/how we can support those ...

Cath will be talking about the value of upskilling careers professionals and services, who play a vital role in supporting autistic people into meaningful employment. Cath will highlight how services ...

Dr Lisa Quadt is an autistic researcher at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Brighton and Sussex Medical School. She applies her research interest in the central and autonomic nervous system to ...

Dr Lila Kossyvaki (BEd, MEd, PGCHE, PhD, CPsychol) is an Assistant Professor in Early Childhood Special Education (International Hellenic University, Greece) and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow ...

Dr Penny Williams is a consultant speech and language therapist specialising in complex communication disorders including those seen in autism and other neurodevelopmental conditions. She works within ...