All-Age Autism Strategy

Herefordshire and Worcestershire’s Autism Partnership Boards are currently working  with autistic people, carers, professionals from social care, health, public health, police, support providers and advocacy services to co-produce a new All-Age Autism Strategy for the 2 counties.

The strategy will reflect the 6 priorities within the National Autism Strategy 2021-2026 with an additional local priority around keeping safe:

1. improving understanding and acceptance of autism within society
2. improving autistic children and young people’s access into education and support positive transitions into adulthood
3. supporting more autistic people into employment
4. tackling health and care inequalities for autistic people
5. building the right support in the community
6. improving support in criminal and youth justice systems
7. keeping safe