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What education professionals need to know about the new autism strategy

In July 2021, The Department of Health and Social Care and The Department for Education published a National strategy for autistic children, young...

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The New AET Logo

Find out about the development of our brand-new logo, designed by Sam Chown-Ahern, artist and member of the Autistic Young Experts panel (AET Young...

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Unveiling changes at the Autism Education Trust

The world is changing - and so are we. Find out about all the exciting new developments we have been working on.

How to support Parents and Carers during a Pandemic

Home Learning and Autism

Our guest blogger is Rachel Walker, Deputy Head of Russet House School and Head of Enfield Advisory Service for Autism. Her blog post gives practical...

Impact on Marginalised Families with Autistic Children

Impact on Marginalised Families with Autistic Children – ACER

The University of Birmingham intends to gather the expertise of school staff and Local Authority Education (LEA) professionals, and use the research...

A Specialist Guide for Education Settings by Specialist Autism Support Service

A Specialist Guide for Education Settings by Specialist Autism Support Service, B&NES

We asked Rebecca Tranter, Lead for the Specialist Autism Support in Bath and North East Somerset to tell us a little about the Specialist Guide for...

Living with Autism and Dissociative Identity Disorder: my journey so far

Living with Autism and Dissociative Identity Disorder: My Journey so Far

We asked Autistic Selves, YouTube blogger, writer and mother, to write about their experiences growing up without a diagnosis of autism, their later...

The Transition to Employment Toolkit – tackling low autism employment rate

The Transition to Employment Toolkit – tackling low autism employment rates

The brand-new Transition to Employment Toolkit strives to improve opportunities for autistic people in their professional life. Through this...

Finding new ways to teach autistic children – Minecraft: Education Edition

Finding new ways to teach autistic children – Minecraft: Education Edition

Since the pandemic brought us all inside and positioned us in front of computer screens, we’ve been keeping an ear to the ground, listening out for...

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