► About Us

We are the leading provider of specialist autism care and support in the West Midlands. We work with people, of all ages, across the autism spectrum, their families and carers to empower them to create a better future. We also work alongside professionals at local, regional and national levels to raise autism awareness and help to develop high quality services based on real life experiences of people on the spectrum. 

Our vision is a world where all people on the autism spectrum have the specialist care and support they need to lead fulfilling and rewarding lives.

Our mission is to bring this vision into reality by providing excellence in professional care and empowerment through support to as many people as possible on the autism spectrum, and to their families.

At the heart of our core values is the belief that specialist-trained and dedicated staff with an understanding of autism will make a positive difference to people’s lives. Our staff do this by enabling people with autism to live independently, to be successful in finding and keeping a job and in equipping families to cope with their child’s individual autism needs. 

Impact Report: 2010/11

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Our History

Our history began in 1965 when groups of parents with children on the autism spectrum in Birmingham joined together to provide each other with support and encouragement. By the 1980s, parents were campaigning to raise funds to set up Oakfield House, our first residential home, opened by Princess Anne in 1988. We now have six residential homes; two supported living establishments, and provide support in the community to hundreds of people on the autism spectrum and their families. Parental support groups remain very important: we have large numbers of support groups throughout the West Midlands.