Adults with autism living in Windsor & Maidenhead are being invited to take part in a series of sports activity sessions over the next few weeks. They will be able to try football, basketball, handball and dodgeball at the sessions, which are being run as part of the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead’s Fit For
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Parents, carers and young people who use Berkshire Healthcare Foundation NHS Trust’s CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service) and family services are being asked to give feedback on their experiences at an event next week. The Trust’s participation steering group meeting will take place between 4pm and 5pm on Tuesday, November 8, at the CAMHS centre in Reading, at 3-5
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Only 16 per cent of autistic adults are in full-time paid work, a figure that has not changed since 2007, while another 16 per cent have part-time jobs. The next phase of the National Autistic Society’s Too Much Information campaign, to change the public’s understanding of autism, puts the focus on the need to do more
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Training parents in therapy techniques to communicate and interact with their child has been shown to help reduce the severity of autism symptoms in the long term, according to a study published in the medical journal The Lancet. The Pre-school Autism Communication Trial (PACT), led by staff at the University of Manchester, King’s College London
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Our new exhibition, Autism in Berkshire: Past and Present, tracing the development of autism understanding in the county, made its debut yesterday in Maidenhead. A selection of panels from the exhibition formed the backdrop to our information stand at the Berkshire East Clinical Commissioning Groups Federation’s CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service) Transformation Conference.
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We have some free tickets to give away to Autism Berkshire members for two performances by Circus Starr during their visit to Woodley on Friday, November 4. The tickets are for shows at 4.45pm and 7pm in the big top at the Memorial Recreation Ground in Headley Road, Woodley, RG5 4JZ. They are available on
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Autism Berkshire is inviting grandparents throughout the county who are the main carers for grandchildren with autism spectrum conditions to join a new peer support group. It is being launched with a free welcome lunch at the Toby Carvery Caversham Bridge, in Richfield Avenue, Reading – just down the road from Autism Berkshire’s office – on Monday,
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Autism Berkshire’s chief executive officer, Jane Stanford-Beale, has told BBC TV’s South Today news programme that an extended closure of Wokingham’s Southfield School is having a serious impact on pupils and their parents. A number of parents of pupils with autism have called Autism Berkshire’s helpline asking for advice on what to do while the
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Autism Berkshire has job vacancies for a Home Visit Worker in Slough and Playworkers for our youth groups around the county. The Home Visit Worker will support families and carers living in the Borough of Slough by visiting them at home whilst they are waiting for a CAMHS diagnostic assessment, after they have received a diagnosis
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Autism campaigner and film-maker Carly Jones has been nominated for the Community Champion title in the 2016 Pride of Reading Awards. Carly, who has two daughters on the autism spectrum and was herself diagnosed with Asperger syndrome as an adult, also runs an academy to support home-educated children with autism. She told the Get Reading
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Workshop for parents/carers of autistic adults: Sensory Differences and Executive Functioning
Wednesday, 6th May, 2026, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm -
Slough group for autistic women
Thursday, 7th May, 2026, 11:30 am - 1:00 pmChalvey Community Hub - Ladbrooke Road Slough Berkshire SL1 2SR
Online Workshop: Sensory Differences Part 1
Thursday, 7th May, 2026, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm -
Job opportunity with Autism Berkshire advising and supporting autistic adults
Tuesday, 14th April, 2026
Join us to celebrate Autism Acceptance Week at special activities
Monday, 23rd March, 2026
Get advice on preparing autistic children to join primary school
Wednesday, 18th March, 2026
