Living with autism and a learning disability can be difficult for people and their families due to significant health inequalities these communities face, including lack of access to sufficient support and care.
Despite attempts to tackle these challenges across a range of settings and services, the pressures on healthcare systems have continued to grow. Innovative solutions were sought that would tackle challenges around the early detection of autism and/or learning disabilities, and around the provision of appropriate and relevant support and care equally to people, their families and carers.