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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 07/09/2026

🧵 1/2 Baroness Rock, ex-Chair of the Autism Act 2009 Committee wrote 🖊️ to the Minister for Social Care @allymcgovern.bsky.social urging the Government to bring forward a new autism strategy before 2026 is over. Read the letter ✉️ here: committees.parliament.uk/committee/77...

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Autism Act 2009 Committee - Correspondence - Committees - UK Parliament

Correspondence publications for Autism Act 2009 Committee.

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 04/06/2026

🧵[1] On Wednesday 10 June, the House of Lords (HoL) will debate the Autism Act 2009 Committee's report. The Committee recommended that the Government urgently deliver the new autism strategy, so it’s ready to launch when the current one expires in July 2026.

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 02/12/2025

Our report out 23 November calls on HM Government to deliver an effective new autism strategy. Open this link committees.parliament.uk/committee/77... to view the: - Full report - Easy Read report (including accessible version) - Report summary, conclusions and recommendations - Shorthand story

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 24/11/2025

🚨 ♾ Our report out yesterday calls on HM Government to deliver an effective new autism strategy. Open this link committees.parliament.uk/committee/77... to view the following: - Full report - Easy Read report - Report summary with conclusions and recommendations - Shorthand

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New autism strategy must deliver change for autistic people - Committees - UK Parliament

This is the key conclusion reached by the House of Lords special inquiry committee on the Autism Act 2009 in its report ‘Time to deliver: The Autism Act 2009 and the new autism strategy’.&...

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 19/11/2025

REMINDER: Our report shall be published on Sunday 23 November. From this date, open this link committees.parliament.uk/committee/77... to access the following: - Full report - Report summary with the list of conclusions and recommendations - Shorthand (shorter summary of our report's key points)

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Autism Act 2009 Committee - News - Committees - UK Parliament

News for Autism Act 2009 Committee

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 14/11/2025

🧵 [1/5] We have recently agreed our report on the Autism Act 2009. The report shall be published on Sunday 23 November.

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 22/10/2025

🧵 [1/3] This week, we continue to look back on the evidence we heard in the spring. In March, we heard from Leo Capella, Training Consultant (Employment Specialist) at The National Autistic Society. He revealed the following to us... (continue onto next post).

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 19/09/2025

🧵[1/3] On 17 March 2025, we heard from Marsha Martin, founder of Black SEN Mamas. Marsha warned us: ‘’Without access to proper care, black autistic people are left to navigate life with untreated conditions, worsening health and a poor quality of life overall.’’

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 15/09/2025

🧵[1] In the coming weeks, the Committee shall consider and agree its final report. During this period, we shall be looking back at the valuable evidence we heard in the spring and summer from autistic people and their supporters. We plan to post some clips from the evidence we heard here.

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 02/09/2025

🧵[1] We’ve published the written evidence we received for our inquiry. These submissions can be found via the link here: lnkd.in/euSNk6b3 . Thank you to everyone who submitted their own evidence or helped others to contribute.

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 21/07/2025

🧵[1/5] Since April 2025, the Committee has held private discussions with dozens of autistic people alongside their supporter and advocates. The Committee has published summary notes of these discussion which can be read via the link below: committees.parliament.uk/committee/77... .

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 10/07/2025

🧵[1/4] At the end of the final public evidence session on 7 July, Committee Chair Baroness Rock thanked everyone who contributed to the inquiry and shared an update on when written evidence should be published.

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 04/07/2025

🧵[1] On 7 July, we hold our final evidence session with national autism charities to reflect on the evidence we've heard, in particular on 30 June from central government. Read written responses to our inquiry from these autism charities via the link: committees.parliament.uk/committee/77...

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Autism Act 2009 Committee - Written evidence - Committees - UK Parliament

Written evidence submission publications for Autism Act 2009 Committee.

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 27/06/2025

On 30 June, we question UK Government ministers on what they plan to do to improve outcomes for autistic people when the current autism strategy ends in 2026. You can read the Government's response to our call for evidence, now published here: committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 20/06/2025

🧵 [1] On 23 June, we shall hold two public evidence sessions examining NHS and local authority implementation of the 2009 Autism Act. You can watch both sessions live 🎦 or on demand here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 13/06/2025

[1]🧵On 16 June, we continue full steam ahead🚂 in our inquiry with two public evidence sessions. You can watch both sessions live or on-demand ⏯️ here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 13/06/2025

[1]🧵On 9 June, we held two evidence sessions. Unamended transcripts of both sessions are now available to read via the link below. committees.parliament.uk/event/24331/...

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9 June 2025 - Autism Act 2009 - Oral evidence - Committees - UK Parliament

14:30 - Room 2A, Palace of Westminster

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 04/06/2025

[1]🧵 Thank you to all who submitted evidence to our inquiry. The deadline for responses has passed. In the coming weeks, we shall process and consider the responses we've received.

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 02/06/2025

[1]🧵On 2 June, we hold two evidence sessions. You can watch both evidence session live here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 28/05/2025

[1]🧵 On 12 May, we held a single public evidence session. The unamended transcript of this sessions is available to read via the link below. committees.parliament.uk/event/23844/...

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12 May 2025 - Autism Act 2009 - Oral evidence - Committees - UK Parliament

14:30 - Room 2A, Palace of Westminster

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 21/05/2025

[1]🧵On 8 May, we held two evidence sessions. Unamended transcripts of both sessions are available to read via the link below. 👇 committees.parliament.uk/event/23842/...

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8 May 2025 - Autism Act 2009 - Oral evidence - Committees - UK Parliament

10:00 - Room 2A, Palace of Westminster

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 16/05/2025

[1]🧵On 19 May, we hold an evidence session on key barriers hindering autistic people from finding and staying in work, and solutions to such barriers. At 14:45, we hear from the following witnesses: - Prof Kim Hoque, KCL - @annaremington.bsky.social, UCL - Laura Davis, @base-uk.bsky.social

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 25/04/2025

[1]🧵On 28 April, we hold two evidence sessions. You can watch the both sessions online here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 23/04/2025

On 24 April at 10.15, we'll hear from three witnesses advocating for better health and care services for autistic people. - @oliverscampaign.bsky.social, Founder of Oliver McGowan mandatory training on learning disability and autism - Virginia Bovell OBE - Dr Rachel Moseley

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 02/04/2025

To mark #WorldAutismAcceptanceDay on 2 April, we launch🚀our call for evidence on the Autism Act 2009 and the Government's Autism Strategy. Share your views 💬 via the link here: committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evi.... The closing date is at 5pm on 2 June 2025. 🧵[1]

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Call for Evidence - Committees - UK Parliament

Call for evidence

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 27/03/2025

On Monday 31 March, we’ll hear from two panels of witnesses on reducing health inequalities for autistic people. At 14:45, we’ll hear from: - Dr Sarah Cassidy, Nottingham University @sarahcassisy.bsky.social - Tom Purser, Autism Action - Professor Ailsa Russell, University of Bath

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 21/03/2025

On Monday 24 March, we're holding two evidence sessions looking into identification, diagnosis and support of autistic people. At 14.45, we hear from: Prof Jonathan Green, University of Manchester Prof Bryony Beresford, University of York Prof Will Mandy, University College London

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 17/03/2025

On Monday 17 March, we'll hear from a panel of three autistic people who advocate for and support others: Leo Capella, National Autistic Society Zaynab Sohawon, Emotion Dysregulation in Autism Marsha Martin, Black SEN Mamas Watch live from 3:05pm: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 17/03/2025

On 10 March, we heard from witnesses about the purpose of the Autism Act 2009 and how well it is working. You can read the transcripts here: committees.parliament.uk/committee/77...

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Autism Act 2009 Committee - Publications - Committees - UK Parliament

Publications for Autism Act 2009 Committee

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 10/03/2025

Welcome to the House of Lords Committee on the Autism Act 2009! The Committee is holding an inquiry to look at how well the Autism Act and the Government’s autism strategy are working and make recommendations to the Government. Our final report must be published by 30 November.

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Autism Act 2009 Committee - Summary - Committees - UK Parliament

Summary for Autism Act 2009 Committee

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