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Archive for the ‘National Autistic Society’ Category

Autism supplement in yesterdays Independent

Thursday, March 31st, 2011

An interesting supplement with contributions from Jane Asher amongst others. Download as a PDF right here. Share

David Cameron intends to cripple those with disabilities

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

Today I received an email from NAS stating: The Government has announced a one billion pound cut to Disability Living Allowance (DLA). Next week in parliament, MPs will debate plans for a new system which could make it much harder for adults with autism to claim DLA… For those not in the know DLA is [...]

Young Autistic and Stage Struck

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

Channel 4 in the UK has this show: Young Autistic and Stage Struck. I have to see if I can download it from iTunes, as it looks like it may be very cool. This landmark series follows nine autistic youngsters as they attempt to produce their very own stage show, under the guidance of theatre [...]

Polly Tommey poses as advocate for autistic adults

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

Polly Tommey is in the news again with this piece in the Guardian, Attention-grabbing antics for autism. It concerns her latest poster campaign, timed to coincide with the start of the General Election. I have left the following comment. I have followed Ms Tommey’s attempts to present herself as a mainstream autism advocate for some [...]

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