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Ken Bruce presents Autistica Radio 4 Appeal

08 January 2021

We are thrilled to announce that BBC Radio 2 presenter Ken Bruce is supporting our Radio 4 appeal this month. Listen out to hear Ken's story and reasons for supporting Autistica.

Learning from lockdown - our policy recommendations

11 August 2020

We know that the Coronavirus pandemic has had a major impact on the physical and mental health of autistic people. It's possible to learn from the pandemic and use this as an opportunity to develop...

Autistic people still face highest rates of unemployment of all disabled groups

18 February 2021

A new report released today by the Office for National Statistics shows that autistic people are the least likely to be in work of any other disabled group. Just 21.7% of autistic people are in...

PARTNERSHIP: Understanding eating disorders in children and young people

11 February 2021

We know that more than 1 in 5 women who have anorexia are autistic, but we still know very little about how many autistic people are living with other types of avoidant or restrictive eating. This...

Mental Health

Autistica partners on NIHR suicide prevention project

26 January 2021

Sadly, suicide is a leading cause of premature death for autistic people. Autistic people without a learning disability are nine times more likely to die by suicide than non-autistic people and 66%...

Mental Health

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