Aims

This website aims to point people to sources of information and support that might help with the following:
- Parents and carers may want to find out about the nature of the autistic spectrum.
- They may be looking for ways to support their children or young people in coping with the challenges of life and in reaching their potential.
- Experiences of other parents and carers may help in getting a better idea of how things work.
Highlights
These pages come under FAQ, Events & Adults
These pages come under Families & Wider area
Finding your way
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Not all of the pages on this site are shown in the navigation menus, though. Some are reached from a link on another page – quite often using the icon on the right. They have no menu highlighting.
When you have finished with one of these off-menu pages, it might be helpful to go back to a previous page to see where you are. They may be a button at the bottom of the page that takes you to the most likely previous page(s). It looks like this:
See also: Menu guide Off-menu page list
Update previews
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Recently updated pages
- Speech and language 29 Nov
- Growing up 27 Nov
- School age 26 Nov
- Sleep (16+) 23 Nov
- Tips – communication 22 Nov
- Behaviour topics 17 Nov
- Media blog 16 Nov
- Autism Awareness 16 Nov
- Related Calendar 14 Nov
- Attention autism 14 Nov
- Money 9 Nov
- Topical information 8 Nov
- Sensory Sensitivity 8 Nov
- News – electric car update 8 Nov
- Autism strategy 2 Nov
- Diagnosis 30 Oct