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A skills audit to develop effective practice in Supported Internships.

On 11 March 2022, the PfA team delivered an online event to showcase not only what the PfA team has achieved, but also to celebrate some of the fantastic things that are going on around the country to support young people with additional needs to have a good life.

We have created this space for older autistic people to share their worries and their hopes about their lives in the hope of building a conversation around what it means to be growing old as an autistic person.

I was diagnosed as autistic (Asperger’s Syndrome) in October 2015, shortly before my 51st birthday. Up until this point I had absolutely no idea that I was autistic.

When an ageing disabled parent has both themselves and their autistic offspring to worry about, fear increases as one ages

Over the past couple of years, while living through a pandemic, many people around the UK have had to contend with a growing sense of loneliness.

When I was a child and struggling to cope in the inhospitable world, I had a dream about what my house would look like, when I was old enough to make my own decisions.

I was born autistic, but because I didn't know, I’d never understood what it was about me that always set me apart.

In a world taught to think of autistic people as male children & adolescents, allegedly destined for a lifetime as costly burdens on parents and society, we have arguably lost sight of the majority of autistic people

We have asked a few of our autistic associates and contacts to write ‘conversation starters’ explaining what matters to them and the issues that need to be addressed to help older autistic people live happier lives. In some cases, they offer possible solutions.