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New Board apprentices

03 August 2018

We are pleased to welcome two apprentices to our Board of Trustees - Rebecca Nguyen and Elvira Doghem-Rashid. They will spend twelve months as Board observers, learning about charity governance and...

Autistica wins Better Society Award

25 May 2018

We're delighted to have won a Better Society Award for the second year in a row.

Mental Health, Physical Health

NHS England prioritises autistic people’s needs

10 August 2018

NHS England has today announced that improving health and care for autistic people and people with a learning disability will be one of its top priorities throughout the next 10 years. This is one of...

We are on the phone to fund a different future for autism

03 August 2018

Last World Autism Awareness Month, we ran a telephone fundraising campaign, speaking to potential regular donors about our work to find treatments that work in helping autistic people that don’t...

Physical Health

Improving healthcare for people with learning difficulties

28 June 2018

Cancer Research UK would like to invite primary carers/parents of autistic people with learning difficulties to a workshop exploring physical healthcare and wellbeing.

Mental Health

Get ready for Molehill Mountain

04 June 2018

Our new app Molehill Mountain aims to help autistic people manage their anxiety. Following successful testing sessions with autistic users this month, the app will launch in early July.

Mental Health, Physical Health

Share your experience of anorexia

25 May 2018

Our researchers at University College London and Cardiff University want to learn more about the experience of anorexia nervosa in autistic women. They want to interview autistic people with a...

Autism Research Conference

23 May 2018

We are excited to announce our first annual autism research conference on 6 September 2018 at City, University of London.

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