A British charity, the UK Autism Foundation has appealed to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to reach out to families with autism who are below the poverty line in his second budget, on Wednesday 22nd April 2009.

Autism Campaigners are calling on British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and US President Barack Obama to reach out to the vulnerable when they meet at the G20 London Summit later this week. G20 Leaders are meeting on the United Nations World Autism Awareness Day on 2nd April 2009.

(London, UK)A leading peer in the House of Lords, Baroness Uddin of Bethnal Green has urged Britain's premier, Gordon Brown and his Chancellor, Alistair Darling to do more for families with autism who are below the poverty line. Lady Uddin is supporting the Poverty and Autism Initiative launched in London on Monday 3rd November by the autism charity, the UK Autism Foundation.