Autism is firmly on the British Prime Minister's Legacy Agenda as Tony Blair prepares to leave office in the summer. 'Autism is a serious issue' said Tony Blair in Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons on the 21st of March this year. The Prime Minister was quizzed on autism by Conservative MP Lee Scott. Autism is now high up on the political agenda backed by parliamentarians of all parties.
The Prime Minister recently met with autism campaigner Ivan Corea and Lee Scott MP. The Autism Report was presented to the Prime Minister calling for a cohesive national strategy on autism and a 10 year plan of action.
The Autism Awareness Campaign UK are calling on the on the British Government to undertake a 10 year program of building specialist autism schools, building autism units in mainstream primary and secondary schools, tackle the failure of some secondary schools in bringing in educational strategies to deal with autistic children in a mainstream setting, further training on autism for teachers and classroom assistants in mainstream and special schools, access to further education and higher education, labour market opportunities for people with autism and to tackle the whole question of bullying and autistic children, the provision of recreational activities for autistic children. There is an urgent need for ring fenced funding for autism services in the UK.
Autism campaigners are urging the Government to halt the closure of special schools in the UK.
Downing Street featured autism immediately after the key meeting with the Prime Minister in the House of Commons:
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