Registered Charity 1127368
Working for people with Able Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Autism Is More Common Than You Think!!
- Autism is the fastest growing disability in the UK today. 1 in 75 have some form of Autism and year by year this figure is decreasing.
- At least 1 in 3 adults with Autism experience mental health problems due to lack of support or because their needs have not been addressed early enough.
- More than 40% of children with Autism have been bullied at school.
- There are more than half a million people with Autism in England. 60,000 of these live in the West Midlands.
- 22% of young people with Autism admitted that they had no friends at all. 65% said they would like to have friends.
- 28% of adults with Autism live with their parents.
- 1 in 5 children with Autism has been excluded from school, many of them more than once.
- If you include their families, Autism touches the lives of 2.7 million people every day.
- Nearly 2 thirds of adults with Autism in England do not have enough support to meet their needs.
- 78% of young people with Autism say that outside their families people do not know enough about Autism.
- 34% of people with Autism have waited 3 years or more for a diagnosis.
- Only 15% of adults with Autism in the UK are in full time paid employment.
- Many people with Autism are left handed.
- Many people with Autism have larger head circumferences and have difficulty finding a hat to fit them.
- Autism is 4 times more common than Cerebral Palsy and 17 times more common than Downs Syndrome. (Care & Health Magazine issue 39 June 19th 2003).
Issue 6 – February 2018