by Josh Herman | Dec 13, 2024 12:13PM | News
A recent survey has revealed that 100% of Support Dog clients see a reduction in the their use of NHS and private healthcare. Support Dogs, located in North Sheffield, help people with epilepsy or other disabilities and children with autism. Dogs are taken in at age 2...
by Esmé Kenney | May 3, 2024 3:19PM | Campaigns - Autism
Support for autistic people in Sheffield is being offered by a collaboration of NHS services and charities to help them before and after diagnosis. As part of the Autism Waiting List Project, Sheffield Adult Autism and Neurodevelopmental Service (SAANS) and the...
by Zhaona Li | May 3, 2024 11:53AM | Campaigns - Autism
Women with autism are finding it harder to get a diagnosis due to a male bias in the methods used, according to a psychology expert. The ratio of autistic males to females is estimated at 3:1, but a “big gender disparity” and “disproportionate research...
by Zhaona Li | May 3, 2024 11:23AM | Campaigns - Autism
A university student who asked his GP for an autism diagnosis two years ago is still waiting for a reply – despite an official target of people being seen by a specialist within 13 weeks. Tony, 20, a second-year undergraduate animation student at Falmouth...
by Chloe Boden | May 3, 2024 9:54AM | Campaigns - Autism
A woman has spoken out in frustration after her family were left to fall between the cracks as she waited 18 years longer than her brother to be diagnosed with autism. Rachel Vernon’s son, who is also autistic, has now been out of school for 10 months, while he...
