Youth participation | Ambitious about Autism

Autistic and OK graphic with young person looking front

Autistic and OK programme reaches thousands of autistic pupils at one-year milestone

Youth participation 28 February 2025

One year after launch, the Autistic and OK programme, designed to help autistic young people improve their mental health and understand themselves, is continuing to make a big impact. Find out more.

Hands making a heart sign with their hands

Autistic young people create guide to relationships and intimacy

Youth participation 14 February 2025

Autistic young people from our Ambitious Youth Network have developed a set of blogs and audio recordings about relationships and intimacy, with support from Sex Ed Matters. Find out more.

Autistic and OK

New mental health programme launched for autistic secondary school pupils

Projects 6 March 2024

Find out more about the Autistic and OK programme which aims to help autistic pupils understand and look after their own mental health and wellbeing.

Autistic and OK

New partnership launched to create national schools' mental health programme

Youth participation 24 February 2023

We have launched a new partnership with Zurich UK and the Z Zurich Foundation to help develop a programme to change thousands of young lives.

UK-wide online platform for autistic young people launched

Youth participation 16 March 2022

Ambitious about Autism has launched the Ambitious Youth Network, a UK-wide online platform for autistic young people.

making sense of your autism diagnosis

Young people create diagnosis resources

Youth participation 25 August 2021

An autism diagnosis can be a difficult thing to process for some people, so members of Ambitious about Autism's Youth Network have created a series of videos to help others feel less alone.

What is your normal

Four out of five young people with autism experience mental health issues

Research 26 June 2017

A group of our Youth Patrons worked with the Centre for Research in Autism and Education (CRAE) to find out about the mental health experiences of young autistic people and make recommendations on how best to meet their needs.

Anne Hegerty visits TreeHouse School

Television star Anne Hegerty visits TreeHouse School in North London

TreeHouse School 13 November 2017

Television personality Anne Hegerty – who appears as ‘The Governess” on ITV quiz show The Chase – has met with young people from charity Ambitious about Autism during a visit to TreeHouse School in north London.

Are you Autistic

Ambitious about Autism’s youth council speak out for young people with autism in new Channel 4 documentary

Youth participation 26 March 2016

Members of Ambitious about Autism’s youth council lead a major new television documentary about autism, airing during World Autism Awareness Month.

Ambitious About Autism Youth Council with Nadhim Zahawi

Youth Council members meet Children’s Minister Nadhim Zahawi

Youth participation 1 April 2019

Young people from Ambitious about Autism's Youth Council have met with Children’s Minister Nadhim Zahawi to discuss some of the issues affecting autistic young people at school.