Category Archives: autism

Money can grow on trees!

Charity is amazing Catalyst for change

2:15pm Thursday 26th May 2011

MONEY doesn’t grow on trees, but a Colchester charity has proved it can go a long way if spent and invested wisely.

More than 20 years after the sale of the old Oaks Hospital, in Lexden Road, hundreds of people are still benefiting from the money, thanks to the Colchester Catalyst Charity.

Disabled and disadvantaged youngsters trip out at risk

Shadow over future of Norwich to Lowestoft truckers’ convoy

By Stephen Pullinger
Monday, May 23, 2011
2:39 PM

Organisers of the region’s popular children’s convoy say this year’s event could be the last due to police reducing their level of support. 

For the past 25 years, crowds have lined the route from Norwich to Pleasurewood Hills theme park in Lowestoft on August bank holiday Sunday to cheer a convoy of up to 100 honking trucks taking disabled and disadvantaged youngsters and their families for a day out.

Adults and Autism

‘Most adults with autism go undiagnosed’- new findings
Published by University of Leicester Press Office for University of Leicester in Education and also in Health
Wednesday 4th May 2011 – 12:29pm

Not a single person identified with autism or asperger’s syndrome during a community survey in England actually knew they had the condition, research led by the University of Leicester reveals.