Tag: the National Autistic Society

Leading charities call on the government for better accessibility of public health information for disabled people about coronavirus

Stuart Mitchell

A group of leading disability charities has teamed up to directly challenge Downing Street about significant concerns over the accessibility of public health information in relation to coronavirus, and the significant risk this poses to disabled people and the nation as a whole. The following charities have written directly to Downing Street as the communities they represent are not receiving vital public health information in a way they can access or understand: Action on Hearing Loss, The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), SignHealth, Sense, Visionary, Thomas Pocklington Trust,…

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National Autistic Society launches powerful new film “Diverted”

Stuart Mitchell

On the first day of World Autism Awareness Week, the National Autistic Society has launched a powerful new film and shocking statistics as part of their public awareness campaign, Too Much Information, revealing the hidden isolation faced by many autistic people across the country. The film follows an autistic woman who is so anxious about her train journey to work that she feels unable to leave the house at all. She becomes completely overwhelmed as she imagines all the things that could go wrong: delays, diversions and cancellations, loud crowds…

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