Representation and networking The NAT continues to be represented on: The executive board of EUCAP (the European Council of Autistic People), of which NAT is an associate member. The Operational Delivery Group for the Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training (OMMT), convened by DHSC. British Association of Social Workers (BASW) Homes not Hospitals campaign The Workforce Autism …
Read More Update on NAT’s activities – January 2022www.nationalautistictaskforce.org.uk October 8th 2018 contact us on positiveproposal@176.32.230.1 (No, It’s Not Just About Autism…) This is the missive sent to the Task and Finish Groups advising the government about autism. It’s important to note that it’s not just about autism I am writing as lead for the Communication, Advocacy and Family Involvement Group (GNAT) …
Read More A Positive ProposalThe National Autistic Taskforce came into being thanks to a generous, open, unsolicited gift from Dame Stephanie Shirley. We are doing our best to spend it wisely and to maximum effect. We have been given a truly free hand to do what we can towards improving services for autistic people, specially those with highest support …
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Governance and structure The National Autistic Taskforce (NAT) has made significant progress since its inception at the beginning of 2018. The NAP Autistic Advisory Panel (AAP) was expanded to create the NAT strategy board (SB), ensuring representation from the four nations. NAT has been established as a company limited by guarantee (CLG). A shared online …
Read More NAT Progress Report – Summer 2018This is the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists’ detailed statement of their responsibility to upskill the workforce and share their knowhow. We think a development of this policy focussing on training for a new support work role of Communications lead such as that exemplified by Katie Nurse’s is a reasonable first step to …
Read More Source guidelines: SLT responsibility and NAT campaign for digital inclusion