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Minority and refugee families can get targeted autism advice

Autism Berkshire and the Alafia service run by Acre (the Alliance for Cohesion and Racial Equality) for families of children with disabilities and additional needs are working together to deliver free advice and support to Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee (BAMER) families with autistic children in Reading, Wokingham and West Berkshire. Three online workshops
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New Berkshire West service joins up Autism & ADHD support

Autism Berkshire and our partners Parenting Special Children are delighted to announce that we have been selected by the Berkshire West NHS Clinical Commissioning Group to deliver Autism and ADHD support for children and young people and their families in the Reading, Wokingham and West Berkshire areas from January 1, 2021. Autism Berkshire’s chief executive officer,
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Support services still available despite lockdown

Autism Berkshire will still be available to help autistic people in the county and their families during the second coronavirus pandemic lockdown, which starts at midnight tonight. Our Helpline and forthcoming online autism advice and benefits workshops will be running as planned, along with the online sessions of our Bear With Me and 197 Club
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Autism in Girls features in new workshops line-up

New online workshops about Autism in Girls, with Berkshire autism advocate Carly Jones, are a highlight of our autumn workshops for parents and carers who live in the Reading, Wokingham and West Berkshire council areas. Carly, pictured, who has two autistic daughters, will lead two 90-minute workshops on Friday, November 6, and Friday, November 20,
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Supporting you and your family through the summer

Autism Berkshire’s advice and support services for autistic people and their families will still be available during the July and August summer holiday period. Our Helpline service will be available to provide advice about autism and related matters, including challenging behaviour, food refusal and sleep, and signposting to specialist support services for issues including education and
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Online advice to form regular part of support services

As a result of our experiences of providing workshops, virtual Home Visits and other support online during the coronavirus pandemic, we are planning to offer them in future alongside face-to-face services. A number of the people taking part have told us that, due to normal family or work commitments, they found it difficult to access
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Coronavirus: Contact DWP if you get benefits review forms

Our Benefits Service is advising anyone who receives forms in the post about a benefit reassessment during the coronavirus lockdown to contact the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) straight away. Although reassessments for Disability Living Allowance (DLA), Personal Independence Payment (PIP, Employment & Support Allowance (ESA) and heath checks for Universal Credit have been
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Coronavirus: Benefits Service still here to help online and by phone

Our Benefits Service advisers Kevin Jackson and Carrie Steers are still available to help autistic people and their families with applications and appeals during the coronavirus shutdown. As they cannot meet clients face-to-face at our office in Reading or at Shelter’s office in Slough for the time being, they are offering advice by phone and
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