Leslie Macdonald, one of the founders of the Berkshire Autistic Society, now known as Autism Berkshire, won the Community Champion title in the 2016 Pride of Reading Awards on Friday. Leslie, who is now the chair of trustees at Reading Mencap, was one of a group of parents who formed what became BAS in 1990, to
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Our deep relaxation classes for parents and carers in Slough are moving to a morning time slot for November. The sessions on Fridays November 4, November 18 and November 25 at the Copthorne Hotel Slough, in Cippenham Lane, will now run from 9.30am to 10.30am, rather than taking place in the afternoon. However the last
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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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We still have places available on the first of our free Mental Health First Aid courses to help parents and carers support children and young people on the autism spectrum facing mental health issues. The two-day course, for parents and carers who live in the Borough of Reading, will take place at Autism Berkshire’s office in Richfield
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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 youth group members can enjoy special sessions to go bowling this week for the school half-term holiday. The Windsor & Maidenhead Youth Group will be off to Tenpin Bowling Maidenhead tomorrow, Tuesday, October 25, while the Slough Youth Group will be at Absolutely Ten Pin in Slough on Saturday, October 29. Both sessions will run from
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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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The 2016 Stay Well This Winter and flu vaccination campaign is getting under way across Berkshire, with the aim of easing pressure on NHS services by avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions. The NHS and public health teams at Berkshire’s local authorities want to encourage as many people as possible who are eligible for free flu vaccinations to take up
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Reading group for autistic women
Monday, 2nd November, 2026, 11:30 am - 1:00 pmAtrium coffee shop, Greyfriars Church, Reading - Friar Street Reading Berkshire RG1 1EH
Problem-solving & advice meet-up for autistic adults and their parents/carers – Reading
Monday, 2nd November, 2026, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pmAtrium coffee shop, Greyfriars Church, Reading - Friar Street Reading Berkshire RG1 1EH
Online Workshop: Supporting Behaviour Part 1
Thursday, 5th November, 2026, 10:00 am - 11:30 am -
Supported internships in focus at Preparing for Adulthood workshop
Tuesday, 27th October, 2026
Take part in trial of new workshop about toileting
Thursday, 1st October, 2026
Free advice workshops on way for parents & carers of autistic adults
Monday, 14th September, 2026
