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Amy

Hello

I am very sorry if this is just me but I find that this site is very complicated and confuses me as do many online sites.

I have autism and I would expect that a website for people with autism should be made so that autistic people can understand it. I do not know if anyone else has this problem too but I think this site should be made a lot simplier. 

Amy 

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  • Hi, I'd just say quickly that many people describe similar problems using the website and the current forum software.

    It's something we are currently beginning the process of addressing again and any feedback on changes or what you would like to see would be a great help. 

    The problem is often more to do with many different needs across the NAS that the website has to address, from advice to parents, diagnosis advice, press statements, advice on local services, fundraising requirements, school services, research findings and much, much more.

    I've worked on a number of websites with similar issues and trying to find a way to bring together 1000s of pages and 100s of services is never easy. It often means that everyone feels a website isn't for them. There isn't an easy solution but over the coming years it's the NAS will try to find a solution - something your insights can only help with. 

    And we'd always be honest in admitting that the historical legacy of the NAS means twork older content tends to focus on parents exclusively, which hopefully the Autism in Maturity project will improve. It'd be wonderful to have the resources to do this quickly but we have to work with what we have I'm afraid

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  • Hi, I'd just say quickly that many people describe similar problems using the website and the current forum software.

    It's something we are currently beginning the process of addressing again and any feedback on changes or what you would like to see would be a great help. 

    The problem is often more to do with many different needs across the NAS that the website has to address, from advice to parents, diagnosis advice, press statements, advice on local services, fundraising requirements, school services, research findings and much, much more.

    I've worked on a number of websites with similar issues and trying to find a way to bring together 1000s of pages and 100s of services is never easy. It often means that everyone feels a website isn't for them. There isn't an easy solution but over the coming years it's the NAS will try to find a solution - something your insights can only help with. 

    And we'd always be honest in admitting that the historical legacy of the NAS means twork older content tends to focus on parents exclusively, which hopefully the Autism in Maturity project will improve. It'd be wonderful to have the resources to do this quickly but we have to work with what we have I'm afraid

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