Winning the prize not publicity

Monday, October 13th, 2008

Message from Shropshire Autonomy

We apologise for not having our entries on the blog earlier as we have had some communication and technical problems, but here we go.

September 15th

Winning the £2000 prize has meant a real boost for volunteering activities for Autonomy members but even having won the prize money we are still having difficulty encouraging the media to notice our group. I suppose adults with autism and Asperger’s syndrome are not as newsworthy as children or pets!

On the day we won the prize I contacted the local radio, who were running some news items on children with autism and Asperger’s syndrome. I was told that the information about our prize would be passed around and picked up by some other programme presenters. This has not materialised.