Welcome to the review session of the adult autism strategy consultation

This consultation asked people for their views and comments about what should be included in the Adult Autism Strategy.

The consultation ran from 29th April to 15th September 2009. During this time, we received over 1000 of responses to the consultation.

The responses have now been analysed and are available to view in full.

You can also download a summary report, which summarises the comments that people made about what should be included in the strategy.

Further details about the development of the strategy will be available soon. You will be able to find updates in the ‘What’s New’ box on this homepage.


To view the results of the consultation.

To view the results and view your own response to the consultation.



You can login using your existing username and password if you registered to take part in the consultation

This online process is provided by Dialogue by Design on behalf of the Department of Health.



Summary reports

The following documents summarise the responses received during the consultation period:

Read the Overarching report of findings from the Adult Autism Strategy consultation activities. This report provides an overview of the key themes which emerged from both the online consultation and the public engagement programme.  It has been produced by the research agency Opinion Leader.

pdf icon Overarching report, December 2009 (226K) - opens in a new tab/window.

Events - This is a summary of the research and engagement events which took place to help the Government develop their future strategy for adults with autistic spectrum conditions (ASC) alongside the formal consultation.

pdf icon Participant Summary Report, November 2009 (369K) - opens in a new tab/window.

Online and paper consultation - This is a summary of the responses to the formal consultation.

pdf icon Online and paper consultation summary report (1500KB) - opens in a new tab/window.

To open these pdf documents you need Adobe Reader 5 or above, which you can download and install for free.

These PDFs have been tagged for accessibility and have been made compatible for use with assistive technologies, e.g. people can listen to the PDF using Acrobat Reader's 'Read Aloud' function.

What's new?

The responses from the online consultation are now ready to view. All responses have been made publicly available and you can see what people have said in response to the consultation questions.

You can also download a summary of the responses made to the consultation. View list of summary reports.


What's next?

Check the Department of Health autism page for the latest news.


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