“Accessing the NHS feels impossible!” How we shared autistic people’s views on the new 10-Year health plan for England
What is Change NHS? Change NHS was launched by the Department of Health and Social Care to gather the public’s views about the new 10-year plan for health in England. As part of that, charities and other organisations were asked to gather the ideas of the people they work with. At Autism Action, we know that […]
How we’re helping improve national data about autistic people
Content warning: This blog mentions suicide Earlier this month, we took a huge step in influencing the way the UK gathers basic information about autistic people, across all aspects of their lives. A round table discussion hosted by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) provided an opportunity to stop out-of-date language preventing autistic people being […]
A comment on the Government’s new Green Paper: ‘Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working’
On Tuesday, the Government published its Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working Green Paper. It sets out changes to welfare and employment support. Some proposals may help, but others raise serious concerns, particularly for autistic people. One major worry is the proposal to change Personal Independence Payment (PIP). The Government plans to […]
Our fantastic new photography and the voluteers who worked with us
We really love our new photography and hope everyone else does too. We wanted to commission images that aligned with the new brand; so, to help us do this in a way that reflected our commitment to the welfare of autistic people, we developed some guiding principles: Autistic people are at the heart of everything […]
Autism Action at the United Nations
I believe strongly that autistic rights are human rights. We hear all too often that autistic people do not believe that their basic rights are safeguarded by the country they live in. Their right to an education. Their right to healthcare. Their basic right to life. Autistic people talk of being repeatedly let down – […]
Our CEO, Tom Purser, talks about our new brand
Tell us more about the charity and its history. The Autism Centre of Excellence (ACE) launched in 2020, following the closure of the Autism Research Trust (ART). While the charity’s mission was clear – to improve the lives of autistic people – how it would achieve that was still being defined. There are a lot […]
Researcher Rachel Moseley explains the development of our suicide prevention survey
Note: this post was originally published on the Autism Centre of Excellence website in 2024 Dr Rachel Moseley is a Principal Academic in Psychology at Bournemouth University. Her research focuses on autism and the difficulties that autistic people often face in adulthood, principally around suicidality, self-injury and mental health. Rachel also studies issues around late-diagnosis, […]
