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Kevin Healey Speaking to Mark Leaver Of the National Autistic Society NAS UK

Staffordshire Adult Autistic Society welcomes special guest, Mark Lever, CEO of the National Autistic Society the largest organization raising awareness for autism in the UK

Kevin Healey, with special Guests, including Polly Tommey from the Autism File

Kevin Healey, with special Guests, including Polly Tommey from the Autism File, and the Autism trust she has met with Gordon Brown Prime Minister in the UK she will be giving us an update from her meeting on thursday Polly tells us all about her meeting with the UK Goverment listen to this Exclusive interview only on the Autism Show, also Jessica Peers from Sunderland will be joining us on the show, Jessica was Expelled from mainstream education and vaguely aware she has something called "Asparagus" Syndrome, 12-year-old Jessica is sent away to a residential school for young people with autism. Here, miserable and misunderstood, she spends the next five years trying to cope with the strict school system - fighting against misguided teacher interventions, dealing with the onset of adolescence and fitting in with the other pupils. Recalled with humour and insight, Jessica's story is one of hope and an account that challenges professionals to develop a more enlightened approach to working with children on the autism spectrum.at 12 years old and spent the rest of her education in a residential school for young people with autism. After achieving an M.A. in English Literature, she is now a voluntary researcher at the Autism Research Unit (University of Sunderland) and writes in her spare time, jessica can be contacted on jessica.peers@virgin.net

Autism Show

Autism show with Kevin Healey and special guest NEWS! HEADLINES today on the show a special feature from Polly Tommey of the Autism File who is meeting the Prime MInister Gordon Brown this thursday polly will join us again to give us an update about her meeting with the Prime Minster, (apologizes for sunday show there was a streaming problem with the site) so it will be repeated wednesday) with our very special guest elizabeth Hughes. Also joining the show will be Dr. Fuentes writes as both a parent and a researcher in this very up-to-date work on autism. She originally created this work to educate schools, professionals, organizations and parents on the subject, and focuses primarily on the social and medical attention that autism has received in the past 50 years, this is our first live broadcast and we are very excited