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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...

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.

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...

Physical Health

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...

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%...

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