Requests from families for help have run at record levels since the launch of the Berkshire West Autism & ADHD Support Service at the start of this year. Autism Berkshire’s family support team had almost 1,000 contacts in the first quarter of 2021 with families registered at GP surgeries that are part of the Berkshire
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Free places can now be booked two more Understanding Your Benefits Rights online advice workshops with Autism Berkshire’s expert advisers. These workshops help autistic young people and adults (aged 16+) who live in the Reading, Wokingham and West Berkshire council areas, and their parents and carers, to understand their entitlement to benefits, how to make
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Autism Berkshire has a job vacancy for an Autism Trainer & Family Adviser to join our family support team. The role involves responding to Helpline enquiries, providing Single Session Therapy for parents and carers, leading workshops and courses for parents, carers and autistic young people, and delivering training about autism for organisations in the public
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With leisure venues and pubs starting to reopen under the Government’s roadmap out of the coronavirus lockdown, Autism Berkshire’s Reading-based 197 Club for autistic adults and their parents/carers will resume some group activities from June. These will be combined with further online catch-up and quiz sessions, using Zoom. Subject to updates to the Government guidance
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Autistic adults aged 19 to 25 who live in the Reading, Wokingham and West Berkshire council areas can now request free places on an online SocialEyes course, to help them to develop their social skills and understanding. The course is being provided by the Berkshire West Autism & ADHD Support Service, which offers advice, workshops
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April is Autism Awareness Month, with World Autism Awareness Day on Good Friday, April 2, and to mark the occasion we’re teaming up with Discount Promo Codes in their monthly charity poll. The charity that gets the most votes wins 20% of the site’s profits for the month, so we need your support to help
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Free places can now be booked for a series of Understanding Your Benefits Rights online advice workshops with Autism Berkshire’s expert advisers after Easter. These workshops help parents and carers and autistic young people and adults (aged 16+) who live in the Reading, Wokingham and West Berkshire council areas to understand their entitlement to benefits,
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Autism Berkshire’s chief executive officer, Jane Stanford-Beale, has been named as one of just 22 winners of a Census 2021 Purple Plaque, for her contribution to the community during the coronavirus pandemic. The special plaques – one for each National Census that has taken place to date – were awarded to community heroes across England
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Parents and carers can now request places for the spring and summer programme of workshops and courses being delivered by Autism Berkshire and Parenting Special Children for the Berkshire West Autism & ADHD Support Service. And there will be a social interaction skills group course for autistic and ADHD children aged 11 to 16 (ie
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The Berkshire Autism Alert Card was launched in 2010 to provide a quick and easy way for autistic people of all ages, and their parents or carers, to explain the condition quickly and easily to others, and boost their confidence when they are out and about. It quickly proved popular and almost 1,900 cards are
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Online workshop: Autism & Mainstream Schools
Wednesday, 3rd June, 2026, 10:00 am - 11:30 am -
Online workshop for autistic adults: Sensory Differences
Wednesday, 3rd June, 2026, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm -
Online Workshop: Supporting Behaviour Part 1
Thursday, 4th June, 2026, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm -
Parents & carers can get advice at Reading Family Hubs drop-in sessions
Friday, 22nd May, 2026
Free places available at advice workshops for autistic adults
Wednesday, 20th May, 2026
Join us to celebrate Autism Acceptance Week at special activities
Monday, 23rd March, 2026
