Autus - The Hao2 Foundation

Autus is a disabled people’s user led organisation and the majority of its trustees have autism and disabilities. Autus has been set up to ensure that disabled people wishing to purchase employability and life skills courses are able to do so through a supportive route and benefit from VAT exemptions (saving them 20%)- therefore making their personal budgets go further. These services have been co-designed and are delivered by people with autism and complex needs/learning disabilities who provide inspiring role models for participants. Our courses are predominantly accessed from a home connection and are therefore available nationwide. Participants need to have access to a multimedia PC and basic IT skills including elementary knowledge of how to use email, the internet and instant messaging chat. If these are barriers to access, we can work with individuals to identify local community centres that can help them overcome these barriers to participation by creating local digital access points.