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12th December 2024

3 mins read

How sport and fitness changed my life

The link between fitness and mental health is well established. In this blog, Andrew looks at how sport positively impacted his mental health, reducing his anxiety and providing him with a career option

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21st June 2024

1 min read

The £1 billion SEN deficit

CEO, Tracie Coultas-Pitman, responds to recent reports of councils in England facing a near £1 billion deficit in SEN funding and how our BeyondAutism Fast Responder® service is helping find solutions.

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15th April 2024

3 mins read

My autism acceptance journey

In our latest guest blog, Mariss shares her autism journey - from how she felt as a child, her creative flair and what changed with a diagnosis. Read more about her story here.

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24th January 2024

3 mins read

The government push for 100% attendance is unrealistic…

...when the reality is that mental health and SEN resources are at breaking point. Matt Wicks takes a deeper look at the issues faced by schools and how targets like this don't help the learners.

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7th December 2023

3 mins read

‘The acceptable autistic’

In our latest blog, a BeyondAutism Intern looks at what needs to change to create a more inclusive society accepting of the wide range of talent, abilities and potential amongst autistic people

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9th November 2023

3 mins read

Occupations: The building blocks of life

For Occupational Therapy (OT) Week we take a look into the theme of occupations and why OT is so important in an educational environment

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17th August 2023

2 mins read

Finding my voice through writing

In this special post, Charlie Baker, author of Autism and Me, shares how writing became such an important tool for him as a form of communication and how he hopes his writing will inspire others.

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2nd August 2023

4 mins read

Behaviour Analysis training for Child Nursing students

Rose and Avanelle, lecturers at London South Bank University, take a look at the need for more training on SEN for student nurses and how their collaboration with BeyondAutism has supported their students

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30th March 2023

2 mins read

‘Children put at risk’ as NHS autism assessments are cut back

Our response to worrying reports of the new referral criteria for children's autism assessments in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire

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27th March 2023

3 mins read

What does leading autism education look like? 

In this special World Autism Acceptance Week blog, we look at what it means to be leading autism education and what needs to be done to make education more inclusive.

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15th March 2023

2 mins read

Autism, Anxiety & School

Guest writer James Kirkendall shares his experience of growing up with autism, anxiety & a learning disability in the US, reflecting on whether earlier diagnosis would have helped.

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28th September 2022

3 mins read

The importance of person-centred planning and things to consider

Person-centred planning is a great way of ensuring that the individual remains at the heart of any decisions that affect them. Find out more about PCPs and their uses.

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30th June 2022

3 mins read

Educating from an autism perspective

Robert, our intern, shares his own personal experiences of school and how neurodiversity can be better supported in the classroom.

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12th May 2021

3 mins read

The genius of Lewis Carroll and how autism impacts creativity

Ever since I was a little girl ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ by Lewis Carroll has been my favourite novel.

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