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Are you a #BlackAutistic Woman? Research Study seeking participants 18 plus and over E: [email protected] UCL #ethnicity #culture

An important campaign from the Autism Alliance UK. Imagine a world where all autistic people can get the support they need to live good lives. It’s not impossible and Government needs to take radical steps to make social care more available

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A real privilege to have taken up this opportunity. @theACEcharity has big plans to prevent the avoidable deaths, tackle stigma and break down the barriers to autistic people leading the best lives they can.

Reform of welfare is impossible unless understanding of autism is at its heart. More than 8 in 10 autistic people experience mental health problems. Support must be prioritised instead of already-vulnerable people pressured more by a system which has already failed to help them

@theACEcharity National Autistic Society PAPYRUS Tellmi Samaritans YoungMinds Government Proud to be able to contribute to this crucial cause. 🧡💙

The action seen so far to prevent the deaths by suicide of autistic people is simply not good enough. We at @theACEcharity are committed to making change happen and have been joined by partners and friends in telling the Government what autistic people need.

My thanks to Jonathan Lee for supporting our campaign and signing our letter. His strength and determination in an unimaginably difficult week has been inspiring.

Grateful to Victoria Macdonald for her sensitive and intelligent reporting on Channel 4 News and our call for urgent action on autism and suicide

Our new study on anxiety and depression in autistic young people has begun! We're looking for autistic young people and their parents to talk to us about mental health. If interested, please contact me to hear more.

A fantastic piece of work which crucially progresses one of the few pieces of autism-specific support and intervention around suicide. Well done to all the team and Sarah Cassidy

Huge thanks to our Ambassador Rav Wilding for supporting us on BBC One #BridgeofLies. Big shout out to Olly Smith Chizzy Jayde Adams who supported their chosen charities National Autistic Society Brain Tumour Support 💙 BackonTrack Charity. You can watch now on BBC iPlayer: bbc.in/4bXhDcz

The events of last night's BBC Panorama were awful but are sadly no longer shocking because they are simply the latest in a long line of similar scandalous events. Autistic young people should be able to go to a school where they can be safe, valued and happy. This is a central

New research has revealed that ‘Suicide or deliberate self-inflicted harm’ is the most common category of death in autistic children without a learning disability - accounting for 35% of deaths. Read more: bit.ly/4d9roVp #Autistic #Autism #AutismAwareness

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The failure to meet NHS Long Term Plan commitments isn’t the only area of concern for #autistic people highlighted in today’s Care Quality Commission #StateOfCare report. Delays in diagnosis, local authority and mental health care failures, lower life expectancy, inadequate staff

Autism charities have made a joint call for urgent action to end the avoidable and devastating crisis affecting tens of thousands of people waiting for a diagnosis. 1/4

It’s #TrusteesWeek and we’re thrilled to welcome the newest member of our Board – Professor Jason Arday. Last year Jason became the youngest black person to be appointed to a professorship at the Cambridge University. As Professor of Sociology of Education his research focuses on the

What a brilliant opportunity

On Monday 31 March, we’ll hear from two panels of witnesses on reducing health inequalities for autistic people. At 14:45, we’ll hear from: Dr Sarah Cassidy, Sarah Cassidy Tom Purser, Tom Purser Autism Action Professor Ailsa Russell, University of Bath 🧵[1/2]