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£1.2m fund for Adult Autism projects

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Liberal Democrat Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb announced on 7th November, that £1.2m will be invested in projects to support adults with autism. He has done so with minimal publicity - I don't think it made any of the national papers. But hey - autistic adults = no photo opportunity.
Local authorities have until December 12 to set out their plans on how to spend the funds. Please disseminate to your local authority.
Read more here.http://www.libdems.org.uk/autism_projects

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  • The NAS has applied for a chunk of a £1.2m grant too, for a couple of their own projects. As the NAS is not a local authority, it seems odd that the same amount appears to be in that pot too. They call it the Autism Innovation Fund and according to the NAS News webpage, it was also announced on November 7th and that particular £1.2m seems to have been allocated already, to 42 projects. This seems strange, as if it is the same grant, this means it would have been spent ahead of the announcement. It's either a mystery, or the usual smoke and mirrors...

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  • The NAS has applied for a chunk of a £1.2m grant too, for a couple of their own projects. As the NAS is not a local authority, it seems odd that the same amount appears to be in that pot too. They call it the Autism Innovation Fund and according to the NAS News webpage, it was also announced on November 7th and that particular £1.2m seems to have been allocated already, to 42 projects. This seems strange, as if it is the same grant, this means it would have been spent ahead of the announcement. It's either a mystery, or the usual smoke and mirrors...

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