Autism Reality Experience

20/04/2026

20/04/2026

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Last week, our College, hosted the Autism Reality Experience (ARE), which proved to be a genuinely eye‑opening experience. It was lovely to see our Support and Academic staff engage in the initiative. In total, 34 staff members took part, gaining valuable insight into the sensory and communication...

20/04/2026

A great day.

A big thank you to the NAS South Bucks Branch and Autism Reality Experience for their event yesterday.

Half of the proceeds from the sale of our neurodiversity badge are being donated to the South Bucks NAS, and that money helped to fund yesterday’s experience. Following our first donation of £220, we were able to donate a further £140 yesterday!

The experience was amazing. It gave such a great insight into what it could feel like for an autistic person in every day life. And gave some great examples of things that could cause distress that you may not even be aware of.

16/04/2026

SEND Reforms Webinar for Essex Parents & Carers - 24th April 2026
Please join Essex County Council and Essex Family Forum, the independent Parent Carer Forum for Essex, for an information session on the SEND reforms. This webinar is for parents and carers who live within the geographic boundaries of Essex County Council (excluding Southend and Thurrock residents).

The session will provide key information about the open consultation: “SEND reform: putting children and young people first.” The webinar will be hosted by Essex Family Forum and co-presented by:
• Clare Kershaw, Director of Education
• Ralph Holloway, Head of SEND Strategy and Innovation
• Alexandra Abercrombie, SEND Strategy Lead: Transformation
• Colleagues from Essex Family Forum
There will also be a Q&A session, where questions can be submitted via the webinar Q&A function. We will also share updates on work taking place ahead of the SEND reforms and how Essex Family Forum is representing the voices of parents and carers across Essex. Your feedback will help shape Essex Family Forum’s response to the consultation.

Details of Webinar:
Date: Friday, 24 April
Time: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Location: Online (Microsoft Teams)

Click here to register for the webinar:
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You can also share your views here:
https://padlet.com/Essex_Family_Forum/essex-family-forum-send-reforms-ga4psbq9rodwhi2p

Kindest regards
Essex Family Forum

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15/04/2026

What an incredible day delivering the Autism Reality Experience with the fantastic team at BUUK!
We had the opportunity to showcase the new office-based version of the experience—designed to help organisations better understand the everyday sensory and communication challenges autistic individuals can face in workplace environments.
The engagement, openness, and willingness to learn from everyone at BUUK was genuinely inspiring. Creating more inclusive workplaces starts with understanding and today was a powerful step in that direction.
A huge thank you to everyone involved for your energy, curiosity, and commitment to making a difference.

15/04/2026

02/04/2026

Happy Easter from all of us at Autism Reality Experience & Training2Care 🌼

We hope your day is filled with the little things that matter—time with loved ones, moments of calm, and a bit of joy.

This time of year is all about fresh starts and looking forward, and it’s a lovely reminder of why we do what we do—supporting understanding, empathy, and real connection within the autism community.

Thank you for being part of our journey 💛

02/04/2026

Amazing day with Sibsey Free School this week.

02/04/2026

🌍 World Autism Day 💙
Look where we are now…
From conversations to real impact — we’re proud to be working alongside Lancashire Cricket Club, helping to bring the Autism Reality Experience into new spaces and new audiences.
This journey is all about understanding, empathy, and inclusion — giving people the chance to experience, even for a moment, the sensory challenges autistic individuals face every day.
Together, we’re breaking barriers, raising awareness, and making environments more accessible for everyone.
This is what progress looks like.

31/03/2026

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Continuing our Opening Doors to Neurodiversity Project, this March we welcomed Training2Care down to the office with their reality experience bus to help give colleagues an insight into the sensory perceptions of autistic individuals. The turnout was fantastic and it was great to hear how helpful ev...

26/03/2026

26/02/2026

Another amazingly successful day 😀 with Wessex Water such a pleasure to work with them.

Colleagues from our customer service teams have been taking part in an immersive training programme as part of our commitment to delivering customer care and ensuring our service is inclusive and accessible to all.

Training 2 Care UK Ltd Autism Reality Experience is an innovative hands-on training course which gives neurotypical people an opportunity to enter the neurodiverse world and experience sensory processing difficulties faced by people on the autism spectrum.

The training has been organised to raise awareness within our business of the challenges people with autism face. It also helps give our teams the tools and confidence they need to support our customers who need extra help and shape how we can improve their experiences in the future 💙