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Autism Cymru is "Wales' national charity for autism" with offices in Cardiff, Wrexham, and Aberystwyth.〔(''Autism Cymru''. ) Politics.co.uk Retrieved 7 September 2012.〕 The organization was established by practitioners and collaborates with Wales Autism Research Centre (WARC), an research institute within Cardiff University. They also work with the Welsh government, Autism Speaks and Autism Initiatives UK to affect the service delivery to people on the autism spectrum to establish public policy that will better meet the needs of the autistic community in Wales. They also wish to create best practices that may be used anywhere in the world.〔〔(''WARC'' ) Psych.cf.ac.uk Retrieved 7 September 2012.〕〔(''Autism Initiatives Wales'' ) Autism Initiatives Wales Retrieved 7 September 2012.〕 ==History== The charity was founded in 2001 "to improve the lives of people in Wales with an autistic spectrum disorder and their families" by influencing major policy change, research and practice through education and training, research, awareness raising and collaborative efforts with other organizations.〔 Start-up funding for the organization was provided by Dame Stephanie Shirley's The Shirley Foundation.〔 It was this charity which first created the concept of a government led national autism strategy, presenting the concept to Ministers in the Welsh Government in 2001. The Minister for Health and Social Services in Wales then announced on 4 December 2002 that the Welsh Government would develop the world's first national autism strategy in partnership with Autism Cymru. The CEO of Autism Cymru, Hugh Morgan OBE, chaired the development of the national autism strategy in Wales between 2003-2007. They then partnered with the Welsh Assembly Government to have it implemented, with Hugh Morgan seconded from the Charity to 'drive forward the implementation' from 2008-2011.〔〔(''Europe can learn from Wales in dealing with autism.'' ) The Greens | European Free Alliance. Retrieved 17 September 2012.〕〔(''Leading Wales Award'' ) Leading Wales Award Retrieved 17 September 2012〕 It also initiated and brought together the partnership including Autistica, the Welsh Government and Autism Initiatives to about the Cardiff University department of psychology's Wales Autism Research Centre (WARC) with the first named professorial chair in autism in Britain and the development of the Wales Autism Research Centre. Another first, Autism Cymru created the world's first national web-based information service〔(''Wales spearheads autism research'' ) WalesOnline.co.uk Retrieved 15 September 2012.〕〔(''New autism study centre for Wales'' ) WalesOnline.co.uk Retrieved 15 September 2012.〕 of AWARES.org for autistic people and their families. Since then, Autism Cymru's innovative approach to strategically influencing government been a model for charities in other countries, especially in Northern Ireland and Scotland where national autism strategies have also been developed recently. As a founder member of the Celtic Nations Autism Partnership, it works closely with its partner organizations, including Scottish Autism, Autism Northern Ireland, and the Irish Society for Autism.〔(''Autism charity proving a big success'' ) WalesOnline.co.uk Retrieved 15 September 2012.〕 On a larger scale, Autism Cymru works with organizations outside of the UK such as Autisme-Europe〔(''Plaid MEP gives Autism Cymru a European platform'' ) Jill Evans MEP Plaid Cymru Retrieved 15 September 2012.〕 and ICare4Autism in the USA. On 6 November 2012, Autism Cymru spearheaded a major event and call in the European Parliament for the development of a European Strategy for Autism, alongside members of the Celtic Nations Autism Partnership and Autisme-Europe hosted by Welsh MEP, Dr Kay Swinburne. Most of the £9million in additional Welsh Government funding since 2008-9 gained for autism through the Welsh autism strategy (derived from the original concept by Autism Cymru) has gone to fund local infrastructure for service delivery and research programmes largely in the public sector.〔 Autism Cymru has held the Wales Autism International Conference in Cardiff since 2004;〔(''Autism is 'positive' for Welsh painter ) WalesOnline.co.uk Retrieved 15 September 2012.〕 speakers have included Dr Tony Attwood, Professor Christopher Gillberg, Professor Rita Jordan, Dr Temple Grandin, Dr Lorna Wing and Professor Digby Tantam.〔〔(''Autism Cymru'' ) ASDinfoWales.co.uk Retrieved 15 September 2012.〕 Past speakers also include Elizabeth Attfield, Mark Barrett, Danny Beath, Autism Cymru's Deputy Chief Executive Maggie Bowen, Colette Drift, Lynn Plimley, Hilary Kanaris, and Ros Blackburn.〔(''Autism Cymru education conference in Wrexham'' ) Politics.co.uk Retrieved on 15 September 2012〕 The charity has sponsored the annual AWARES on-line conference for autism since 2006. The Attention Card programme was developed with Welsh emergency services and is being used by the police forces in Wales and during 2012 has been extended to other emergency services including a national approach to the Welsh Ambulance Services Trust.〔 Autism Cymru was made Channel S4C's "Charity of the Year"; in 2003 was runner up in the UK Charity Awards for Children and Young People and in 2004 was Highly Commended in the Charity Awards. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Autism Cymru」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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