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Harvey is a member of the Ambitious Youth Network, our online platform that helps autistic young people connect with others and find opportunities. Watch Harvey explain what it was like growing up as an autistic young person and the impact that our youth network has had on his life. Find out more about the youth network: www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/what-we-do/connecting-young-people/online-...

Jo Salsbury is Head of Learner and Family Services at Ambitious about Autism. Jo and her team provide advice and support to hundreds of families of autistic children and young people to help them overcome big challenges in their daily lives - such as access to education, as well as benefits and housing advice.

Careers advice is important for all young people in exploring appropriate next steps and career pathways. This video is for careers advisors offering careers advice to autistic young people and is part of our Autism Careers Education Framework. Find out more:www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/careers-education-framework

Ambitious about Autism have created an autism Careers Education Framework. The framework is an online guide full of resources which can be accessed by careers leaders and educational professionals to improve careers education for autistic young people in school and college. Find out more: www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/careers-education-framework

Join Ambitious about Autism and Rapha founder Simon Mottram on Sunday 25 June 2023 in an epic 220-mile one-day ride from Manchester to London. Sign up here: ambitious220.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/

The Ambitious Youth Network is a free online space for autistic young people, between the ages of 13-25, to be themselves. This video explains the different elements of the network that autistic young people can get involved in, this includes webinars and opportunities. Network members, Alice, Rebecca and Patrick, explain what the different elements are and how they have benefitted from partici...

The Ambitious Youth Network is a free online space for autistic young people, between the ages of 13-25, to be themselves. This video explains what the network is, and you will hear from members, Alice, Rebecca and Patrick, about their experiences of being part of the network and how it has benefitted them. If you are an autistic young person between the age of 13-25, sign up to the Ambitious Y...

Ambitious College is London’s first specialist day college for autistic young people, which was set up by Ambitious about Autism in 2014. The college serves autistic young people aged 16 to 25, including those with learning disabilities, from across London and the Home Counties. Ambitious College has two campuses based within the College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London and West Thame...

An iceberg is a way of thinking about what unmet physical or emotional needs could be causing behaviours that challenge. Use the iceberg model to consider what may be triggering your child’s behaviour to improve their, and your, quality of life. Find out more about the quality of life at home parent toolkit: www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/quality-of-life-at-home-toolkit

Advice on the need for autonomy - the capacity to decide for ourselves. As your child grows, encouraging their ability to make free, healthy, autonomous choices is key to their psychological and emotional development. This can also help ease some parenting stress levels. Find out more about the quality of life at home parent toolkit: www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/quality-of-life-at-home-toolkit

Our natural need to feel connected to those around us and establish close bonds is the emotional need for relatedness. Use the model of the four Ss - safe, seen, soothed and secure - to help ensure that your child feels connected to their family and maintains secure and strong relationships. Find out more about the quality of life at home parent toolkit: www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/quality-...

Nurturing the feeling of competence in our children, where they have opportunities to match their skills levels to activities and tasks that are important, leads to psychological growth, wellbeing and improves their quality of life. Find out more about the quality of life at home parent toolkit: www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/quality-of-life-at-home-toolkit

The drama triangle can be used to think about how parents tend to take up typical patterns of behaviour when confronted with challenging situations - the victim, the rescuer and the persecutor - and how we can break free of them. Find out more about the quality of life at home parent toolkit: www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/quality-of-life-at-home-toolkit

Join Ambitious about Autism and Rapha founder Simon Mottram on Sunday 25 June 2023 in an epic 220-mile one-day ride from Manchester to London. Sign up here: ambitious220.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/

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