Welcome to the website of the Cambridge branch of NAS. We hope you find it useful. If you have further queries related to the anything on the website, please contact us. If you want to contribute to or comment on the site, please register. You may also like to become a member of the NAS Cambridge branch by filling out the extra information on the registration form. Branch membership is free and will allow you to receive updates on local issues concerning autism. Read our latest e-news here.

NEW Cambridge NAS Pre-School Meet and Play Starts this October

Parents and carers of preschool children who have social communication difficulties are warmly invited to drop in to 'Meet and Play'.

Starts Tuesday October 5th 2010, and then on the first Tuesday of every month,1:15pm to 2:45pm. Cherry Hinton Children's Centre, the Community Wing, Cherry Hinton Junior School, Fulbourn Old Drift, Cambridge CB1 9ND.

Inclusion Project Cambridgeshire

The Inclusion Project is here to support disabled children and young people access mainstream activities close to where they live.

It is the child or young person who chooses which activity they would like to attend. It may be a club such as Brownies or Beavers, a sport club or class or even something like street dancing or drumming.

The service offers:

Project to provide support towards gaining employment

Next Steps, part of Advocacy Partners Speaking Up, have just begun planning a new and exciting project aiming at supporting individuals that are on the Autistic Spectrum working towards gaining employment. This could be anything from developing and enhancing work ready skills, confidence building, finding work placements, support with application forms, CV’s and interviews and where appropriate finding employment.

Adult ASD Project launch Report

Cambridgeshire’s Adult Autism Development Project was formally launched on 19th May 2010 with those attending from a good cross section of parent/carers, those with ASD, professionals and service providers.

Claire Bruin, Service Director, Adult Services, Cambridgeshire County Council chaired the event and set out Cambridgeshire County Council’s involvement and the partnership working of the project.

Maria Cooper, Development Officer for Adults with Autistic Spectrum Disorders provided an overview of the role and aims of the project.

New NAS campaign 'You need to know' launches soon, a call for better mental health services for children with Autism

New NAS campaign 'You need to know' launched 8th June 2010

We are launching a new campaign, You Need To Know, which will demand better mental health services for children with autism. Autism is not a mental health problem, but research shows that 70% of children with autism have one or more mental health problems. This does not have to happen.

Joining NAS

If you are a subscribed member to the National Autistic Society, please remember to tick the box for part of your membership fee to be given to the Cambridge Branch next time you renew your membership. If you would like to join the National Autistic Society you would be supporting autism at a national level; helping them to campaign on issues such as the Autism Bill, provide essential services such as the Helpline and Parent to Parent and many other services which we depend upon to keep us running smoothly as a local branch. Click here to find out more.

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