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  • Autism and Girls

    The Article below appeared in the Guardian (15th September 2018), giving new evidence and insight into the female presentation of Autism. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/sep/14/thousands-of-autistic-girls-and-women-going-undiagnosed-due-to-gender-bias The article is based on an interview with Professor Francesca Happe, who is co – Editor of a forthcoming book on Autism and Girls, (details below)

  • Girls and Autism (Book Update)

    Latest Update on Forthcoming Book ‘Girls and Autism’ Educational, Family and Personal Perspectives by Barry Carpenter, Francesca Happé and Jo Egerton The book is now scheduled for launch on World Autism Day 2019 – 2nd April 2019. See the flyer below for a chapter update & to view the full flyer. Details of the Conference etc to…

  • National Autism and Girls Forum

    For updated information on the work of the Forum please go to – http://www.naht.org.uk/about-us/our-councils-committees-and-forums/autism-and-girls-forum/   Chair: Professor Barry Carpenter, CBE, OBE.

  • Girls & Autism (Forthcoming Book for 2018)

    Girls and Autism Educational, Family and Personal Perspectives by Barry Carpenter, Francesca Happe and Jo Egerton. Click the thumbnail image below to download and view in full.  

  • Autism in Girls: Call To Action updated and relaunched

    At nasen live in Birmingham in July , Professor Barry Carpenter , Chair of the National Working Group on Autism in Girls, ( supported by the NAHT) relaunched the Call to Action, as part of his keynote address. This can be downloaded free below.   It has also been announced that a new book ‘ Understanding Autism in Girls…

  • The ‘Parents of Girls with Autism’ online community

    The ‘Parents of Girls with Autism’ online community has now been approved and can be found here http://network.autism.org.uk/group/parents-girls-autism The community is aimed at parents, however it also welcomes women with autism and professionals with an interest in the subject. Please register through the weblink above to join.

  • Developing housing for young people with learning disabilities

    This blog describes an initiative in the West Midlands led by MyLife.http://www.mylife.uk.com/ This guest blog comes from Professor Barry Carpenter CBE, chair of MyLife, a support service in Hartlepool and Moseley in Surrey enabling people with complex needs to live as independently as possible in the community.  Here, he describes MyLife’s new initiative in the…

  • Autism in Girls

    Autism in Girls An article from the Times Educational Supplement reporting the National Conference organised by the Girls with Autism Forum (NAHT) January 27th, 2017. Click article image below to view in full.