Scottish Strategy for Autism: evaluation

Key findings show that the Scottish Autism Strategy supported and funded a wide range of activities and developments at a local and national level, designed to bring about improvements in services and support for autistic people and their families/carers.


Footnotes

1 Respondents could select more than one option.

2 Many projects contributed to more than one outcome, but we have categorised each funded project by the one outcome they most closely align with.

3 Scottish Autism, National Autistic Society Scotland, Autism Initiatives Scotland and Autistic People’s Organisations, Autistic Mutual Aid Society Edinburgh (AMASE), Autism Rights Group Highland (ARGH), Triple A’s and the Scottish Women’s Autism Network (SWAN)

4 A Qualitative Exploration of the Female Experience of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), V Milne et al

5 A Fairer Scotland for Disabled People: Employment Action Plan (2018) and the Recruitment and Retention Plan for Disabled People (2019)

6 The SCERTS® Model is a research-based educational approach and multidisciplinary framework that directly addresses the core challenges faced by autistic children and adults and related disabilities, and their families.

Contact

Email: Brendan.Nisbet@gov.scot

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