Autism Cymru

EDM number 1217 in 2005-06, proposed by Mark Williams on 07/12/2005.

That this House commends Autism Cymru as Wales's national autism organisation and applauds its pioneering work at strategic level in inspiring the development by the Welsh Assembly Government of a national strategy for autistic spectrum disorders (ASD); congratulates Autism Cymru's creation of the world's largest on-line autism conference in October 2005 with 10,000 interactions from every corner of the globe; welcomes its current partnership work with North East Wales Police and emergency services and the intention to bring about an all-Wales emergency services appreciation of the needs of people with autistic spectrum disorders during 2006; notes Autism Cymru's partnership work with local authorities in Wales through the co-ordination of three national ASD forums for primary, secondary and severe and moderate learning disabilities schools and also the delivery of an Inclusive Schools and ASD project in partnership with several local education authorities; and congratulates Autism Cymru for being selected by S4C as its Charity of the Year 2006.

This motion has been signed by a total of 23 MPs.