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Best Autism Assessment Provider 2025 - Spectrum Autism Services
We are excited to announce that Spectrum has been recognized as the Best Private Autism Assessments Provider in 2025 by SME News! Our...
5 days ago

Neurotypical Spectrum Disorder
At Spectrum, this week we had a little chuckle at this ‘tongue-in-cheek’ post on social media by Viv Dawes Autistic Advocate...
Mar 27

ADHD + Autism = AuDHD
We had so many families contact us following our last blog about AuDHD that wanted to share another fantastic resource we found about...
Mar 18

Understanding ‘Meltdowns’ and ‘Shutdowns’
At Spectrum, one of the most frequent topics we are asked about by parents is how to support their child when they are having a...
Feb 20

What is AuDHD?
Many of you will be familiar with the diagnostic labels of Autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) but did you know...
Feb 11

What does ‘Autism Spectrum’ actually mean?
We are often asked at Spectrum whether once a child or young person has been identified as Autistic whether they will be given a ‘level’...
Jan 16


New Milton Keynes Clinic
Spectrum are pleased to announce that not only are we able to provide home visit appointments for children and young people in Milton...
Jan 13

Reducing Christmas Overwhelm for Autistic Children and Young People
Many Autistic children and young people find Christmas time overwhelming for a variety of reasons. If you’ve read our previous post about...
Dec 17, 2024

Preparing for Christmas with Autistic Children: A Guide for Families
If you have an Autistic child or young person or as yet undiagnosed, Christmas time can bring additional challenges for many reasons....
Dec 5, 2024

Royston Town Football Club
The Spectrum team is proud to support Royston Town Football Club's Youth Inclusive Team. We look forward to sharing more details about...
Nov 19, 2024


Children In Need
Children in Need is a charity close to everyone's heart, funding projects for children and young people facing challenges such as...
Nov 15, 2024

Before the Autism Assessment
Many families speak to us at Spectrum about how to talk to their child or young person about the ADOS-2 part of the assessment and what...
Nov 12, 2024

Why are rates of Autism diagnosis increasing?
At Spectrum, we love this graphic from Pete Wharmby, Autistic Author https://www.facebook.com/Petewharmbyauthor  because it shows exactly...
Oct 26, 2024

Five Star Review
From the very beginning Spectrum set out to provide positive, neuro-affirmative autism diagnostic assessments for children and young...
Oct 15, 2024


Hertfordshire Business Awards 2024
On Thursday 19th September, Sarah and Jenny from our core team, represented Spectrum at the Watford Chamber of Commerce SME Herts...
Sep 20, 2024

Positive Self-Worth
One of our core values at Spectrum is that whenever a child or young person comes to us for an Autism assessment, we focus not just on...
Aug 27, 2024


Cambridge Independent Business Awards – Finalists – Start Up of the Year
Spectrum are excited to announce that we have been selected as a Finalist in the Start-Up of the Year Category at the Cambridge Business...
Aug 20, 2024

Love Wins
Not a specifically Autism related post, but it just seems as if there’s a lot of hate out there at the moment. We just wanted to remind...
Aug 12, 2024

Neurodivergent-Informed Strategies
At Spectrum, we fully support the use of Neuro-Affirming and Neurodivergent-Informed Strategies to support Autistic people. In her...
Jul 19, 2024

Autism and Definitions
Sometimes, understanding how to talk about Autism and Autistic people can be very confusing even for those of us who have been working in...
Jul 4, 2024
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