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World Autism Awareness Week

World Autism Awareness Day is an internationally recognised day taking place on 2 April every year. In the week of 1 – 7 April surrounding this…

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The AET welcomes new training partners

Thanks to a recent rapid expansion, our training programmes are now available in 62 local authority areas. We are very excited to see a steady…

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Neurodiversity Celebration Week campaign

Meet sixteen year-old Siena Castellon, an award winning autism advocate who considers herself a maths and physics nerd. She is the founder of…

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CPD accreditation

You might have noticed the CPD Certification Service logo on our website and marketing communications recently. This reflects our commitment to…

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AET programme helps schools prepare for the consequences of landmark court ruling

Following the ruling of the Upper Tribunal in August, schools will have to make sure they have made appropriate adjustments for autistic…

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Private: Exclusions and exam accommodations

Last year the Department for Education commissioned us to do further research into exclusions and exam accommodations, and to develop relevant…

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Department for Education extends AET’s contract

We are extremely excited that the Department for Education has extended our contract for another two years until April 2020.

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