Bill's Time has Come ; Carolyn Bailey, Chief Executive of Autism.West Midlands, Looks at How New Initiatives Will Improve the Lives of Sufferers of the Illness Agenda

Birmingham Post › January 29, 2009

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The coming 12 months is going to be important for those of us working in the field of autism. As well as rallying regional support amongst West Midlands MPs for the first ever Autism Bill, we are facing issues of how service provision is funded and commissioned.

Although some of these issues affect others working in the social care and health arena, they are particularly pertinent with regards to autism.

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Bill's Time has Come ; Carolyn Bailey, Chief Executive of Autism.West Midlands, Looks at How New Initiatives Will Improve the Lives of Sufferers of the Illness Agenda

From our base in Edgbaston I have been fortunate to have helped the region find a voice with Government by becoming involved in a number of initiatives aimed at helping individuals with autistic disorders. And that, in turn, means there are implications and benefits ...

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