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Research study looking at autistic adults’ experience in mental health services

11 May 2022

Many autistic people have mental health difficulties throughout their lives which can make their lives more difficult. Yet, there are few mental health treatments for autistic people, particularly...

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Negative attitudes will persist unless we tackle understanding

01 April 2022

Acceptance is important for everyone, but for autistic people it is too often treated as a "nice to have". The right attitudes to autistic people are what enable autistic people to not be bullied at...

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Awareness isn't enough: understanding is critical to acceptance

28 March 2022

A YouGov poll commissioned by Autistica has revealed a huge lack of understanding about autism across the UK. For example, nearly 30% of adults in Britain are unsure whether autism can be cured and...

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Experts publish new blueprint for radical redesign of care for autistic children

16 March 2022

Some of the world’s leading experts on autism have shared a redesigned care pathway for autistic children and their families. Published in the Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, the new pathway...

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A positive step in developing understanding: the Lancet Commission Report

07 December 2021

In February 2020, when the world was a very different place and I was still Autistica’s director of science, I was invited down to London to join a Lancet Commission on 'the future of care and...

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Autistica partners with Yogscast for Jingle Jam 2021

06 December 2021

We are delighted to be one of the designated charities that streamers can raise funds for as part of the 10th Anniversary Jingle Jam event this December.

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