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<p>Working with the Department, Public Health England regularly undertakes an autism
self assessment exercise with local authorities and their partners to gauge progress
in implementing the Autism Strategy. The results of the self assessment and the individual
returns from areas are made public so that organisations and people can challenge
locally if they think that more needs to be done. The assessment questions and the
process for local agreement are reviewed each time, taking into account that general
continuity is needed in terms of measuring progress. The February meeting of the cross
government Autism Programme Board considered the changes proposed for the next exercise
which were put forward following discussions with representatives of Government departments,
local authorities, the National Health Service, the autism third sector and people
with autism and family carers. Further refinement will be undertaken over the next
few weeks before the self assessment exercise is launched in the summer.</p>
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