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Bristol City Council and the Keeping Bristol Safe Partnership have commissioned a non-statutory review of services to help Bristol become a more autism-friendly city.
The aim of the review is to establish how autism aware local agencies across Bristol are, and will include national recommendations for making Bristol and other cities more user-friendly for people with a learning disability and/or autism.
Helen Holland, cabinet lead for Adult Social Care, said: “It is really important that our services in Bristol, who often work with very vulnerable people, have a good understanding of autism, can recognise the signs of someone who may be autistic and know how to respond. In Bristol we want people with autism to have the same opportunities as everyone else and the recommendations from this review will enable us to understand how we can do this effectively.”
It is estimated that around 700,000 are living with autism in the UK.
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