What Is The National Autistic Society?
The NAS or The National Autistic Society is an organization/charity in the United Kingdom that is devoted to fighting for the rights of autistic individuals. Many times, families do not know how to handle situations that may arise with their autistic children or may simply need information on how to cope with day to day issues.
It is the goal of the NAS to provide information that will help the families and their children. They have devoted a website to putting out information about both Asperger syndrome and autistic disorders that can be accessed by individuals who need immediate access to information.
In May of 2006, The NAS launched its “Make School Make Sense” campaign in the House of Parliament. The aim of the campaign is to improve the education system for children who are suffering from autism. It was found that many schools within the UK had teachers who were inadequately trained on how to deal with autism and that they were also faced with having inadequate materials to help the children.
This left the children falling even further behind and their families extremely frustrated with their children not being provided with an education to fit their needs. While many schools in the United Kingdom did have adequate teachers and programs in place for autistic individuals, there were several that did not. It was the belief that a program such as “Make School Make Sense” would get all of the schools on the same page and ready to improve the lives of autistic children attending the schools.
Many people believe the work that The National Autistic Society is doing follows too many of the older methods of handling individuals with both Asperger Syndrome and autism. These individuals, mostly within the Asperger community, do not work in favor of the NAS. There are others however, who believe the work that the NAS is doing has caused greater progression in the awareness of autism and Asperger Syndrome and stand behind the work that the NAS is doing.
One of the issues within the United Kingdom and throughout the world is the lack of awareness about autism and autistic spectrum disorders. The National Autistic Society is working hard to provide a greater awareness of these disorders so that more people will join the fight to gain more information and help treat, cure and hopefully one day, end the suffering. To find out what you can do and to learn more about the services and activities the society provides, visit “Nas” website.