Autism Support & Care

“No Matter What” (Autism) has been honoured as an award winning finalist at the 2010 International Book Awards.

June 30th, 2010

Sandy Howarth’s book “No Matter What” (Autism) has been honoured as an award winning finalist at the 2010 International Book Awards.Sandy is a mother of a fifteen year old Autistic boy. My child Steven was diagnosed as being severely Autistic with a severe receptive language disorder at two and a half years of age. My book outlines the first hand experience that has been gained from my son Steven. The book has been written to assist and offer support to families, to create awareness of the subject of Autism and to demonstrate the complexities in brain development by comparing ‘typical’ development with ‘Autistic’ development.

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TV programmes about Autism

April 21st, 2010

BBC Autism season

On 22 April at 9pm, BBC3 will launch a new season of autism programmes. The season has come about due to the popularity of ‘The Autistic Me’, a documentary first broadcast last August.
 
The first film is a follow-up to ‘The Autistic Me’, called ‘The Autistic Me: One Year On’. It revisits the people who were in the original documentary to see how their lives have progressed.
 
Scenes in the documentary include a meeting with MP Theresa May at Westminster to discuss the NAS ‘Don’t Write Me Off’ campaign and a session at the National Autistic Society Hertfordshire Resource Centre. 
 
Other programmes include:

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‘Fulfilling and rewarding lives’: the strategy for adults with autism in England

April 13th, 2010

 Towards fulfilling and rewarding lives: the first-year delivery plan sets out the governance structure and the actions, with timescales and responsibilities, that will be taken in the first year to support the implementation of ‘Fulfilling and rewarding lives’: The first year delivery plan for adults with autism in England

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Autism Act 2009

March 15th, 2010

The Autism Bill has made it through its final parliamentary stage and will now become the Autism Act. The Act is the first ever disability-specific law in England.

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Adult Autism Strategy Document

March 15th, 2010

The adult autism strategy, which will be published early in 2010, will set out the Government’s plans to tackle the isolation, discrimination and inequality routinely experienced by many adults with autism.

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World Autism Day 2010

February 25th, 2010

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The IX International Congress Autism-Europe

January 29th, 2010

The IX International Congress Autism-Europe takes place between 8-10 October 2010 in Catania, Italy. This year’s congress is called ‘A Future For Autism’.

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Awares international online autism conference

October 23rd, 2009

Autism2009, the unique Awares international online autism conference, opens on November 30, 2009

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Autism Act 2009

October 23rd, 2009

The Autism Bill has made it through its final parliamentary stage and will now become the Autism Act. The Act is the first ever disability-specific law in England.

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Jubilee Court CQC inspection

October 1st, 2009

The quality rating for this service is 2 stars this means that people who
use the service experience good quality outcomes.

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