Introduction

The draft All-Age Autism Strategy (2025-2030) aims to promote a cultural shift across Shropshire's services adopting an all-age approach and recognising the need for a more joined-up, proactive, timely and autism-accessible offer to enable people to live healthy and fulfilling lives. The Strategy focuses on 5 important areas of service provision:

• Health and Assessment
• Education and Preparation for Adulthood
• Employment
• Housing and Social Care
• Criminal Justice System

The draft has been developed through a collaborative approach with input from members of the public through previous engagement activity, and with partner organisations and other stakeholders. Working groups have influenced the development of the strategy and the contents of each theme and the strategic objectives and outcomes included.

It is now important to obtain further feedback. Shropshire Council and its partners are keen to hear form anyone with Autism able to provide experience of living in Shropshire and also from a wider audience and all those with an interest in Autism, whether personal or professional. Your views on the draft will be welcome and help to form a final version.

Shropshire Council’s Cabinet plan to consider the final version of the strategy either in late 2025 or early 2026.

The survey will close on the 2 November. Please take time to complete the survey, which you can access by clicking on the ‘How to get involved’ tab at the top of the page.

Documents

• DRAFT Shropshire All-Age Autism Strategy.pdf

If you’d like the survey in an alternative format, please use the email below to request a copy, or call our customer services team on 0345 678 9000 and explain any support you need to allow you to respond.

You can also respond with any comments in writing:

• Email: TellUs@shropshire.gov.uk

Please title your email ‘Draft Autism Strategy’

• Post: Feedback and Insight Team, Shropshire Council, PO Box 4826, Shrewsbury, SY1 9LJ.