Reading Borough Council’s Special Educational Needs Team has extended the deadline for children and families living in Reading, who have a finalised Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan, to take part in a survey on the process. The aim of the survey is find out about people’s experiences of going through the EHC Needs Assessment or the
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Places are still available at a free pre-assessment workshop next week for parents and carers living in West Berkshire with children on the NHS waiting list for an autism assessment. The workshop, at Hungerford Youth & Community Centre, in Priory Road, next Wednesday, February 8, from 10.30am to 1pm, will provide tailored support to parents and carers with
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Shoppers in Slough will get the chance on Friday to find out all about the range of services Autism Berkshire offers to people and families living with autism. We will have an information stall at the YES Shop in the Queensmere Observatory Shopping Centre, off High Street, from 11am to 2pm. Our chief executive officer,
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Our forthcoming Supporting Teenagers with Autism workshop for parents and carers living in West Berkshire has been moved to a new date, due to a diary clash. It will now take place in Hungerford on the evening of Monday, March 6, from 7pm to 9.30pm, to allow parents who have other commitments during the day
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Our new women’s support group holds its first meeting in Reading on Friday. It will provide a forum for women diagnosed as autistic, or who self-identify as autistic, to discuss how autism affects them. Mothers of children diagnosed with autism spectrum conditions can also find support to explore the possibility that they may also be
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Families living with autism are being invited to a free FunFest taking place in Windsor in March. The event, organized by the Windsor Lions Club, will be tailored for children with physical, sensory and learning disabilities, including autism spectrum conditions. Siblings are welcome to join in the fun. Places for up to 200 children are
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Parents and carers still have time to book free places on a number of training workshops we are running next week. A pre-assessment workshop for those living in the west of Berkshire is taking place at Calcot on Monday, providing information and signposting advice to families with children aged 5+ who are on the Berkshire
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Tickets for our first Autism Berkshire members’ family fun day of 2017 at the Thames Valley Adventure Playground were snapped up in just a few hours. The fun day is at TVAP, in Taplow, near Maidenhead, on Sunday, February 5, from noon to 4pm. We are now operating a waiting list, in case any tickets are
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Prime Minister Theresa May this week announced plans to transform attitudes towards mental health and improve support services, particularly for children and young people. While autism is not a mental illness, more than 70 per cent of people with autism spectrum conditions (ASC) experience mental health problems such as anxiety and depression during their lives,
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There’s still time to register for Autism Berkshire training courses for autistic adults and for parents and carers taking place next week. Autistic adults aged 19 or over living in Slough and Windsor & Maidenhead can join free eight-week Socialeyes and Independent Living courses, which take place in the evening. The Socialeyes course, which starts
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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
