To consider a report of the Deputy Corporate Director Children, Families and Wellbeing, Director of Service Development, Adult and Community Services.

Members considered a report concerning a self-assessment exercise in respect of the National Autism Strategy; a strategy aimed at improving the lives of adults with Autism. The report explained that this would be the second national self-assessment exercise of the Adult Autism Strategy entitled “Fulfilling and Rewarding Lives” and that local authorities would be playing a key role in implementing the recommendations of the Strategy and the statutory guidance that supported it.

Members were advised that the purpose of the self-assessment was:

§     To assist Local Authorities and their partners to assess progress in implementing the 2010 Adult Autism Strategy;

§     To see how much progress had been made since the baseline survey, as at February 2012;

§     To provide evidence of examples of good progress made as well as acknowledging remaining challenges.

It was noted that the on-line assessment had been completed in September 2013 and that the national strategy was being reviewed and it was anticipated that the revised version would be published in March 2014.

RESOLVED:

(1)                          That the National Autism Strategy Self-Assessment Exercise and the contents of the report be noted.

(2)                          That an electronic link to the document be made available to Members via email.