Autism Berkshire will be closing its Benefits Service for autistic people and their families at the end of July. With the focus of the charity’s work now on support services for families of autistic children and young people in the west of Berkshire and autistic adults throughout the county, the trustees have decided that the
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Autism Berkshire’s CEO Jane Stanford-Beale and Parenting Special Children’s CEO Ruth Pearse met Newbury MP Laura Farris last Friday to talk about autism and ADHD waiting times, support for families and in schools, and issues with mental health support for children. The MP has raised the issue of long waits for diagnosis and issues around
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The Berkshire Adult Autism Support Service is running a series of free evening autism advice workshops for autistic adults, along with new workshops tailored for their parents and family carers. The aim of these sessions is to help autistic participants to increase their understanding of aspects of autism and increase their confidence navigating daily life
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Simon Graves, whose wife is a member of Autism Berkshire’s Maidenhead-based Bear With Me social group for autistic adults, spent Good Friday morning running to raise funds for Autism Berkshire.He completed the 10-mile Maidenhead Easter 10 route along roads and country tracks south west of the town and through White Waltham in a time of 2 hours, 22 minutes and
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Autism Berkshire is launching a series of free Art in the Summer workshops for autistic adults who live in the county, funded by a donation in memory of the late Nancy England, a former assistant tutor on our community education courses. Nancy, who died at the start of 2020, was a teacher at primary schools
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The Berkshire Adult Autism Support Service is launching new free online meet-ups for autistic young adults aged under 30, and for autistic women. They offer opportunities to meet fortnightly in a friendly and supportive setting to chat, share issues and ideas and get advice. Those taking part will be encouraged to help set the agenda
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The Berkshire Adult Autism Support Service’s free advice meet-ups for autistic adults – and their parents & carers – in the east of Berkshire in May and June will take place in Windsor. The sessions, which will be held on Tuesdays, between 3pm and 4.30pm, in Woody’s Cafe, at Clewer Memorial Recreation Ground, off Dedworth
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Next week is Autism Acceptance Week 2023 and we have an exciting programme of events lined up at The Oracle shopping centre in Reading, with speakers, autism advice workshops and more. Thanks to Connect Reading and The Oracle, we will be using an empty shop on Level 1 at the centre, next to the Zara
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Simon Graves is on his marks to take his place on the start line for the Maidenhead Easter 10 run next month to raise funds for Autism Berkshire. His wife, who is a member of our Maidenhead-based Bear With Me social group for autistic adults, and her twin brother are both autistic. Simon, pictured above,
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Autism Berkshire is running a new support service for autistic adults throughout Berkshire on behalf of the Frimley NHS Integrated Care System and the Bucks, Oxon and Berkshire West NHS ICS, and has a vacancy for an Adult Autism Team Leader to head the service. Knowledge and experience of autism, supporting autistic people and their families, developing networks
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Reading Lunch Club for autistic adults
Tuesday, 27th October, 2026, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pmToby Carvery Caversham Bridge - Richfield Avenue Reading Berkshire RG1 8EQ
Problem-solving & advice meet-up for autistic adults and their parents/carers – Bracknell
Tuesday, 27th October, 2026, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pmBracknell Open Learning Centre - Rectory Lane, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 7GR
Online workshop for autistic adults: Understanding Other People
Wednesday, 28th October, 2026, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm -
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
Workshops offer tailored advice to parents of autistic teenagers
Monday, 7th September, 2026
