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<p>Access to Work staff have a specialist knowledge of disabilities and health conditions,
including autism spectrum conditions, which enables them to offer customers tailored
packages of support, and the scheme offers eligible individuals a workplace assessment
to establish what personalised support would be most appropriate to support them at
work.</p><p> </p><p>DWP is working with the Supported Business Alliance (SBA) and
The British Association for Supported Employment (BASE) to develop a new long term
element of Access to Work, to support people working for a supported business, many
of whom have autism spectrum conditions.</p><p> </p><p>DWP is also working in partnership
with Department of Health and Social Care to publish a consultation on how employers
can best support disabled people and people with long-term health conditions, including
those with autism spectrum conditions, to stay and thrive in work.</p>
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