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Spectrum Live

Welcome to Spectrum Live, our online series, where we chat to autistic people, their family members, and professionals about all things autism-related.

Latest Spectrum Live

We have now broadcast our 60th anniversary debates which covered the following topics:

Monday 26 September
Making sense of our autistic identity

Tuesday 27 September
Growing old when autistic

Wednesday 28 September
The pros and cons of an adult diagnosis

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These debates are now available via our Facebook page

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Previous episodes

Our past episodes have covered many different topics, from Diagnosis, Women and girls, to Employment. You can watch them all by following the links below. 

Mental health

Did you miss our latest Spectrum Live Mental health episode? Don’t worry. You can still watch it at a convenient time for you.

This episode includes advice and support services and how we're helping to make mental health services more accessible for autistic people.    

Guest speakers 

  • Tim Nicholls, Head of Influencing and Research National Autistic Society
  • Clare Macer, Transition Support Lead, National Autistic Society
  • Abdullah Shahjan, Eastern Psychologist and Wellness Consultant
  • Jess D’Cruz, Information Content Manager, MIND
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Education 

Watch our Education episode at a convenient time for you.

Resources

Guest speakers

  • Yasmin Nasli, former Policy and Parliamentary officer at the National Autistic Society
  • Andy Cutting, Education Rights Lead, National Autistic Society
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Life Stories

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Bethany Black

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Employment series 

Episode 1 - Looking for employment

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Episode 2 - Autism and the workplace

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More episodes...


Father's Day 2020

To celebrate Father's Day, we chatted to autism dads about the joys and challenges of being a parent. 

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Women and girls

We were joined by an incredible panel of autistic women, who shared their experiences of life on the spectrum.

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Getting out and about

We were joined by a panel of autistic adults and family members to discuss some of the challenges autistic people face when going out and about.

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Diagnosis

To start off the Spectrum Live series, we chatted all about diagnosis and the autism diagnostic process with autistic adults, their families, and professionals. 

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Coronavirus series

Episode 1:

Coronavirus, health and wellbeing

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Episode 2:


Your care and support

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Episode 3:

Supermarkets and access to food

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Episode 4:

Education and returning to school

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Coronavirus series:

Check in

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Support us

Like many charities, we're feeling the impact of the cost of living crisis on our income and we  are making some incredibly difficult decisions regarding  our information services.  We need you now, more than ever  to ensure we can continue to be there for autistic people and their families. Together, with your support, we will  get through this.

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Stories from the Spectrum

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Autistic people and their friends and families share their experiences of life on the spectrum. There are funny stories, thought-provoking stories, moving and challenging stories.

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The Spectrum magazine

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Explore one of the UK's largest collections of autistic art, poetry, and prose. The Spectrum magazine is created by and for autistic people, and is available both online and in print.

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