New name and national plans for Wirral Autistic Society
Forty seven years after charity Wirral Autistic Society was founded by a group of Wirral parents determined to do the best for their children, the…
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Mate crime ‘staggeringly high’ in Merseyside
The number of people with autism and Asperger’s syndrome in Merseyside being subjected to mate crime is ‘staggeringly high’ according to a report from Wirral…
Million pound home for people with autism opens in Wirral
The Willows, a state-of-the-art home for people with severe autism has been officially opened by HM Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside, Dame Lorna Muirhead DBE, on World…
Wirral Autistic Society to tackle issue of ‘mate crime’ in Merseyside
Mate crime is a disability hate crime that needs to be stamped out. That’s according to Wirral Autistic Society, which has commissioned a survey into the…
Wirral Autistic Society’s head of training honoured with award
The head of training at Wirral Autistic Society (WAS), a charity which employs over 800 staff across Wirral and Cheshire, has been awarded the title…
Wirral Autistic Society launches AutismAbility – a trampolining and gymnastics scheme
Thanks to Wirral Autistic Society’s (WAS) comprehensive day services programme, each week hundreds of adults with autism from across Wirral take part in sports including…
Building work starts on state-of-the-art home for people with autism
After two years of planning and with £617,000 raised, Wirral Autistic Society’s (WAS) project to build state-of-the-art living accommodation for people with severe autism is…
Wirral Autistic Society achieves national recognition for helping autistic people into work
A specialist programme in Wirral that helps people with autism into work is proving so successful that it is receiving enquiries from across the UK…