The Autism Directory

By Caroline Ashby

February is the month in which a lot of focus is placed on love, relationships and the perfect partnership.  What happens though, when you believe you have all the above and then … you have a child diagnosed with autism?

Recent statistics claim that the divorce rate of couples with an autistic

On Saturday 12th May at the Mermaid Theatre in London, Anna Kennedy Online will be presenting with Pineapple Studios  ‘Autism’s Got Talent’.

From Anna Kennedy:

This promises to be a great event not only for those in the audience but also those who are coming together to join us on the stage.

We are bringing

By Harriet Balcombe. 

Having a child with special needs brings with it more responsibility as a parent or carer than usual. The prospect of them getting into trouble with the law and being arrested can be too frightening to think about, when the lack of understanding by the police of their condition, their difficulty

When the autism directory was first launched in November 2010 little did we anticipate such a great response!  We were going into the unknown and many others who had looked at creating such a resource had warned us that it was too difficult and would need lots of time and attention. Well, they were right

A disability rights campaigner has set herself the target of making Cardiff the UK’s first autism-friendly city.

Nadine Honeybone has set up The Autism Directory Wales to support parents and educate the public.

She claims she has been refused service, and verbally abused by other shoppers, who assumed her six-year-old autistic son was being