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<p>The Autism Act 2009 places a duty on the Secretary of<br>State for Health and
Social Care to publish a strategy for meeting the needs of<br>autistic adults in England,
and to review it periodically.</p><p /><p /> <p> </p><p /><p /> <p>In April 2014,
the cross-Government adult autism strategy,<br>‘Think Autism’, was published. Statutory
guidance for local authorities and National<br>Health Service organisations was published
in March 2015 to support the adult<br>autism strategy’s implementation.</p><p /><p
/> <p> </p><p /><p /> <p>We are currently reviewing the cross-Government autism<br>strategy
and extending it to include children and young people. The Government<br>expects to
publish the revised all age autism strategy by the end of the<br>calendar year.</p><p
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