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 Many had been missed or misdiagnosed due to outdated stereotypes about autism.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.

Aimed at: Adolescent , Adult , Anyone with an Association to Autism, Child , Child/adolescent sibling, Children under the age of 12 years, children with complex needs and their parents or carers, ...

Executive functioning is commonly misunderstood. In this session, we will explore aspects of executive functioning as they relate to autism, factors that often impair executive functioning on a day-to ...

Autistic individuals with a learning disability may act and respond in ways that are difficult to understand by others but which may be indicative of distress. This could include, for example, ...

Research shows that having a positive understanding of your autistic identity is an indicator of higher self-esteem and wellbeing as an adult. Yet, when do we teach this? This session will consider: ...

Also known as ‘The Autistic Chef’ recently became an ambassador for the NAS in 2023 after hitting the screens of many in BBC’s ‘Masterchef’ series, in which Vanessa was a semi-finalist. Vanessa gained ...

Shabnam lectures in Initial Teacher Education for the primary teacher training programmes at Leeds Beckett University where her specialist areas are race, diversity and inclusion. She is also the ...

Luke is currently a Senior Lecturer in Autism at The Autism Centre, Sheffield Hallam University. Having first being a volunteer with autistic children at the age of 14 he can boast over 30 years of ...