| 21-Sep-22 | Annual Reports 2021-22 The Trustees Annual Report and the Financial Examiner’s Report on the Charity for the financial year 2021-22 are available to view here: Link |
| 11-Sep-22 | Maxcard The Max Card is the UK’s leading discount card for cared for and looked after children. Families can use their Max Card at venues across the UK to get free or discounted admission. Link |
| 11-Sep-22 | Access Card The Access Card (sometimes referred to as the CredAbility Card or a Nimbus Card) is a card like no other; we translate your disability/impairment into symbols that highlight the barriers you face and the reasonable adjustments you might need. This then informs providers quickly and discreetly about the support you need and may gain you access to things like concessionary ticket prices and complex reasonable adjustments without having to go into loads of personal detail. Link |
| 8-Sep-22 | Radar Key The National Key Scheme (NKS) offers disabled people independent access to locked public toilets around the country. Toilets fitted with National Key Scheme (NKS) locks can now be found in shopping centres, pubs, cafés, department stores, bus and train stations and many other locations in most parts of the country. Link |
| 17-Aug-22 | Sensory Reactivity Differences. The Perceived Causal Relations Between Sensory Reactivity Differences and Anxiety Symptoms in Autistic Adults. Article on the link between sensory overwhelm / pain and anxiety for autistic people. Link |
| 24-Jul-22 | Autism: Some Vital Research Links. Thanks to Ann Memmott for agreeing for to share her blog “Autism: Some Vital Research ” Link |
| 21-Jul-22 | Shortages of Personal Asssistants Council pay limits leading to ‘severe shortages’ of personal assistants. Link |
| 16-Jul-22 | Building the Right Support Action Plan Better care for people with a learning disability and people with autism Government’s ‘Building the Right Support Action Plan’ combines work across government and public services so people can live independently in their community. Link |
| 14-Jul-22 | Understand how Routines can help Autistic People Routines are often seen as important for autistic people. This is true for many of us, but there are dangers to assuming autistic people need routines, without understanding why. Routines imposed by other people are likely to do more harm than good. Link |
| 2-Jul-22 | Relationship between masking & wellbeing Brief Report: Does Autistic Community Connectedness Moderate the Relationship Between Masking and Wellbeing? Link |
| 25-Jun-22 | This Was Just How This Friendship Worked “This Was Just How This Friendship Worked”: Experiences of Interpersonal Victimization Among Autistic Adults. Link |
| 25-Jun-22 | Dental care for autistic children Factors influencing oral health behaviours, access and delivery of dental care for autistic children and adolescents: A mixed-methods systematic review. Link |
| 25-Jun-22 | Autistic Perspectives Autistic Perspectives on the Future of Clinical Autism Research. Link |
| 18-Jun-22 | Time to rethink autism research Measuring the Wrong Thing the Right Way? Time to Rethink Autism Research Tools. Sandra Jones Link |
| 31-May-22 | Mandatory Training The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training in Learning Disability and Autism. Link |
| 31-May-22 | Monotropism Monotropism is a theory of autism developed by autistic people, initially by Dinah Murray and Wenn Lawson. Link |
| 30-May-22 | DSM-5 Update Updated in the new DSM-5-TR Link |
| 19-May-22 | Somalis build acceptance The Somali language hasn’t included a word for “autism.” Parents say that omission plays into community stigma and misunderstanding. A recent social media post from the Somali musician Aar Maanta highlighted efforts from Somalis in Minnesota to create positive language to identify autism. Link |
| 28-Apr-22 | We Need Better Diagnostic Tests for Women We Need Better Diagnostic Tests for Autism in Women by Zhara Astra. Link |