National Strategy for autistic children, young people, and adults 2021-2026

The Government has published the next strategy to improve the lives of autistic people: the national strategy for autistic children, young people, and adults: 2021 – 2026. This new strategy, the first of its kind to cover children and young people as well as adults, focuses on supporting autistic people to live their lives in their communities, widening the focus beyond social care and health services, and includes references to housing.

It states:

“We will also improve autistic people’s access to housing and social care that meets their needs, by increasing the provision of supported housing, enabling more people to access adaptations to their homes and reforming the social care system so it is fit for purpose.”

For more about improving the housing choices of people with a learning disability or autism, check out our dedicated webpages here.