tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70501828088091969912024-02-07T02:50:54.555+00:00Act Now For AutismAct Now For Autism is a core group of people passionate about the future and well-being of children and adults with autism and associated conditions in the UK.
Act Now For Autism are campaigning against aspects of the Welfare Reform Bill, specifically the WCA, Work Programme and the impact of the changeover to Universal Credit and PIP. We are ardently campaigning for advocacy to be offered to anyone who has to have a face-to-face assessment.Act Now For Autismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06674964941976054998noreply@blogger.comBlogger16413tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050182808809196991.post-53187488899666821872015-02-01T21:29:00.001+00:002015-02-01T21:34:57.746+00:00Coalition Britain May 2010 – May 2015 How was it for you? <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> ‘Yes this is ambitious. Yes it is optimistic. But in the end all of the
Acts of Parliament, all the new measures, all the policy initiatives,
are just politicians’ words without you and your involvement’.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> So how involved have we been in the decisions that have been made for and about us during the last 5 years? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Do you feel that we were listened to and involved? Act Now for Autism certainly don’t feel listened to. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> We wrote, we called, we campaigned. </span><br />
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Carole Rutherford stood up and addressed a room full of MPs and people
at an All Party Parliamentary Meeting for Autism in the House of
Commons. Mavourneen Moore and Anna Kennedy spoke at the same meeting.
Carole Rutherford sat next to two Ministers in two separate meetings and went into detail about the need for meaningful two way
communication and support. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Anna Kennedy spoke to
David Cameron, face to face, about autism and subsequently made clear in writing, how
we and thousands of others in the autism community felt, and how
difficult our lives were becoming. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> We don’t feel listened to; we
don’t feel that we were in any way involved. There was
far too much happening about us, without us! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> For anyone living
in England what about the 2010 English Autism Strategy ‘Fulfilling and
Rewarding Lives’? Has it brought riches and fulfilment to your lives?
Has the refreshed strategy ‘Think Autism’ made any difference to the way
in which your Local Authority was implementing the Autism Strategy, or
was it just more words falling an already deaf ears.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> We want to
know what you think. We want you to join in the conversation about what
the priorities should be for people in the UK living with autism 2015.
We want to hear from you and we want to involve you. We have had some
thoughts about what those priorities should be and what we and you can
do to make our voice heard. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> You can join that conversation her:<a href="https://www.facebook.com/actnowforautism">https://www.facebook.com/actnowforautism</a></span><br />
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In 2010, 6000 people signed in support of our Act Now for Autism
Campaign. 2923 people helped us to put together an Impact Assessment
detailing how you thought the cuts to budgets and services would impact
on you! In 3 months more people fed into our campaign than fed into the
Brian Lamb inquiry about Special Education Needs over a two year period. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> We will soon invite you to take part in a conversation about
our next campaign and what the autism community’s priorities are and
should be during the next five years. We can’t do this without you. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /> Watch this space.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> David Cameron said on 4th May 2010: </span><br />
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"And I want to say to British people clearly and frankly this; if you
are elderly, if you are frail, if you are poor, if you are needy, a
Conservative government will always look after you"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".6l.1:3:1:$comment805090492896556_805091812896424:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".6l.1:3:1:$comment805090492896556_805091812896424:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".6l.1:3:1:$comment805090492896556_805091812896424:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.1:$comment-body.0.$end:0:$0:0">Professor
Simon Baron-Cohen, director of Cambridge’s Autism Research Centre, said
in January 2015: "the optimism brought on by the Autism Act has been diminished by a lack
of spending".</span></span></span></span></div>
Act Now For Autismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06674964941976054998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7050182808809196991.post-1812989967179499272014-10-25T14:42:00.001+01:002014-10-25T14:42:20.501+01:00Don't Forget To Change Your Clocks Tonight! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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