Afasic

Afasic seeks to raise awareness and to create better services and provision for children and young people with speech and language impairments. It works in partnership with local and national government, professional and statutory bodies and other voluntary organisations.

Ambitious about Autism 

Ambitious about Autism is a national charity for children and young people with autism. They provide services, raise awareness and understanding, and campaign for change. 

Asperger-Syndrome.me.uk

The idea of this web site, created by parents of a child with Asperger syndrome, is to help families and friends who need some help or support with a child or adult with Asperger Syndrome.

Asperger's Syndrome Foundation

The Asperger's Syndrome Foundation are a small registered charity based in central London. 

AuKids Magazine

An excellent magazine for parents and families of children with ASD. AuKids magazine is a quarterly positive parenting magazine aimed at families with young children on the autism spectrum. 

Autek CIC – What's It Like?

Autek employs autistic and disabled people to make public places like leisure centres, schools, and clinics more open and accessible. As a neurodiverse team, they each offer their own perspectives, providing authentic services for them, by them.  Immersive Technology to help overcome anxiety – What’s It Like? is conceived, created and tested by those living with anxiety, who themselves identified the need; meaning it will make genuine change for these peoples’ lives. The result is the creation of virtual tours, video walk-through, augmented and virtual reality that can make a real difference.

Autism Alliance

A network of autism charities support thousands of adults and children affected by autism across the UK 

Autism Directory

The directory has been written by parents of children with autism includes a variety of information.

Autism Education Trust

A not for profit programme led by two national autism charities – the National Autistic Society and Ambitious about Autism. Established and supported by the Department for Education, the AET promotes and supports partnerships throughout the education system to improve educational access, experience and outcomes for children and young people with autism.

Autism Hampshire

Our local autism charity with whom our branch works very closely. A wealth of information and advice is available on their website.

Autismlinks

Useful resource of links to websites, services, events, support groups, etc.

Autism Oxford

Autism Oxford is dedicated to enabling others to learn from Autistic people, their family members, and genuinely skilled, experienced autism professionals, and to encouraging and supporting the development of autism-specific services and access for autistic people to generic services.

Autism research in Reading University

The Centre for Autism is a regional hub for research and training in autism, located within the University of Reading.

Autism Services Directory

The NAS Autism Services Directory, is the UK's most comprehensive directory of services and events for people with an autistic spectrum disorder, their families, and people who work with them. It draws from a UK-wide database of diagnostic services, schools, support groups, training courses, residential and day services and much more.

Cerebra

Works closely with families to find out where help is most needed and then work with university partners to fund the relevant research. Research work across neurodevelopmental conditions to give a unique perspective within the charity research sector. The aim is to provide research-driven, high-quality health and social care advice and support for the families of children with brain conditions from birth to the age of 16.

Counselling Directory 

The purpose of the site is to provide the UK with a huge counselling support network, enabling those in distress to find a counsellor close to them and appropriate for their needs. This is a free, confidential service.

Do2learn

Provides social skills and behavioural regulation activities and guidance, learning songs and games, communication cards, academic material, and transition guides for employment and life skills.

Galt

Toys to encourage and stimulate a child through play in a fun and interesting way.

Independent Panel for Special Education Advice

Offers free and independent legally based information, advice and support to help get the right education for children and young people with all kinds of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

One of the main publishers of books on autism.

Life Coach Directory

Life Coach Directory was set-up in order to raise awareness of coaching and to enable visitors to find the most suitable qualified coach for their needs. Coaching is the process of guiding a person from where they are to where they want to be, and can address a range of areas from career advice to family coaching.

National Youth Advocacy Service

NYAS provides advocacy and legal representation to children and vulnerable adults when important decisions are being made about them.

Nutritionist Resource

Dedicated to offering a simple way to connect with nutrition professionals across the UK.

Perspectives Counselling and Mindfulness 

Run by Karen Prouton who offers professional counselling using a Humanistic Gestalt framework, and mindfulness-based interventions. The practice is based in Eastleigh, although courses are offered throughout Hampshire. 

Pyramid

Pyramid is the source for PECS, the Picture Exchange Communication System: an alternative/augmentative communication system that teaches students to initiate spontaneous communication in a social context from the outset.

Rompa

Providing products to improve quality of life for people with sensory difficulties.

Sarah Hendrickx’s website

Sarah is autistic. She has worked in the field of autism as an independent autism specialist since 2007. She currently works as an autism assessor/diagnostician via Skype providing non-clinical assessments. She is highly experienced in the assessment of autistic females and those with co-morbid profiles of autism/ADHD.

Speechmark

A specialist publisher of practical books, resources and ColorCards® for professionals working with the educational and therapeutic needs of people of all ages.

The Autism Research Centre

The ARC was established at Cambridge University in 1997. It brings together the largest group of scientists in the UK working to understand the causes of autism spectrum conditions. The ARC also conducts research to evaluate new developments in clinical practice related to these conditions.

Tony Attwood's web site

Tony Attwood is one of the leading experts in autism and Asperger syndrome. His site is a guide for parents, professionals, autistic people, and their partners.

Dr Wenn Lawson's web site

Wenn Lawson is autistic. This site contains a great deal of helpful and useful information. It is well worth a visit.