Asperger's Syndrome

In this guest blog, Kristina, a young woman with Asperger’s Syndrome, writes about her accomplishment and growing independence alongside her work with Swanton Care.

Sarah Hendrickx
Pavilion’s Pathways to Employment: Making it work for autistic people conference consider practicalities of effective support to get people with autism into employment and to thrive in it. In her talk, Sarah Hendrickx spoke about her own experiences in the world of employment as a person with autism and how she has used it to her advantage in setting up her own business.
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 Phoebe Caldwell offers a fresh insight into autism spectrum disorders in The Anger Box.
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This book will be of interest to professionals, as well as appealing to parents with autistic children, those with a general interest in the subject and many individuals on the autism spectrum themselves. 
Shifting attention away from presentation and symptoms alone, Phoebe explores and attempts to understand the sensory issues experienced by those on the spectrum and their neurobiological roots in an effort to find new ways of alleviating the distress that can characterise this condition.

A specialist programme in Wirral that helps people with autism into work has been shortlisted for a national Independent Specialist Care Award 2014 in the Autism Spectrum Services Category.

Nottinghamshire County Council has confirmed it is dropping a proposal to scrap its Adults with Asperger’s Team after concerns were raised by people with autism and their families. 

A Sheffield Hallam University lecturer is helping to transform services to support thousands of adults with autism in the city by ensuring they have access to diagnostic support. 

How the world’s first autism outcomes measurement tool, the Spectrum Star, was created. Sue Hahn reports.

In this guest blog, Lesa Walton writes about how openness about autism is the key to tackling the stigma around the condition and improving care and treatment.

It's all happening on the autism front - but what does the frenetic activity amount to for people with autistic spectrum conditions? Bob Hudson offers an 'everything you need to know' guide...

Some good news about autism this week: it seems that more of the general population know about the condition - and services are increasingly adapting their approaches to become more autism-friendly.