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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.

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    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...

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    New trustees join the Autistica board

    15 April 2021

    We are pleased to announce that two new trustees have agreed to join the Autistica Board.

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    Autistica partner with NIHR to fund breakthroughs in social care for autistic adults

    13 April 2021

    Autistica is pleased to announce a three-year partnership with the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) to fund research about how to provide safe and effective social care that enables...

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    Autistic people will now be included in NHS death reviews

    25 March 2021

    Yesterday, the NHS published a new policy for LeDeR, the Learning Disability Mortality Review programme. The programme will now also review the deaths of autistic people to understand why they died...

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    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...

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    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...

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    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%...

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