Ambitious about Autism
| Founded | 1997 |
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| Type | Registered Charity |
| Focus | Autism spectrum |
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Area served | United Kingdom |
Key people | Lord Tim Clement-Jones CBE, (President), Jolanta Lasota (Chief Executive) |
| Website | ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk |
Ambitious about Autism is a UK national charity for autistic children and young people. Its mission is to stand with autistic children and young people, champion their rights and create opportunities. Originally established in 1997 as the TreeHouse Trust, the charity was founded by a group of parents – including author Nick Hornby – who has an autistic son.
The charity runs specialist schools and colleges, provides a range of support services and plays a role in influencing UK Government policy.
It operates TreeHouse School in Muswell Hill, north London, Ambitious College which has campuses in Tottenham and West Thames, London, The Rise School, based in Feltham, west London, and Spring School in southwest London.
In September 2023, St. John’s College, a specialist college based in Brighton, joined the charity.
Ambitious about Autism also runs a national online youth network for autistic young people, an online community for parents and carers of autistic children and young people and a national employability programme.