Supports and counsels families who have this condition.

The National Autistic Society
393 City Road, London EC1 1NG
Tel: 020 7833 2299
Helpline: 0807 600 8585
Fax 020 7833 9666
E-mail: nas@nas.org.uk
Web address: www.oneworld.org/autism_uk/

Provides an information service and offers a national diagnostic and assessment service. Also manages six schools and 17 adult communities for adolescents and adults with autism. A network of local affiliated groups also provides a range of services for parents/carers and people with autism.

Society for the Autistically Handicapped
199-201 Blandford Avenue, Kettering, Northamptonshire NN16 9AT
Tel: 01536 513274
Fax: 01536 513274
E-mail: autism@rmplc.co.uk
Web address: www.rmplc.co.uk/eduweb/sites/autism/index.html

Provides low-cost holiday facilities in Norfolk for autistic children and their families, organises and runs workshop and gives advice over the telephone.

Stroud Court Community Trust
Stroud Court, Longfords, Minchinhampton, Stroud, Gloucestershire GL6 9AN
Tel: 01453 834020
Fax: 01453 837220

Provides lifetime residential care for autistic adults. Also has a training facility for carers.