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Autism Spectrum Connections Cymru - Social welfare advice and information

Last updated: 27/03/2026
Social welfare advice and information
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What we do

Our service offers employment support, benefit support, Post-diagnostic support, social groups. Benefit support covers: Personal Independence Payment, Universal Credit, New Style ESA, Limited Capability for Work and Housing/council tax benefit. Employment is split into steps to employment which offers: skills sessions, CV building, interview preparation, job applications and retaining employment which offers: Reasonable adjustment letters, disclosure support, representation during disciplinary, improvement plan and redundancy meetings, wellbeing passports, reasonable adjustments for transitional support between stages of education and employment. Our BeWell programme offers 5 sessions of post-diagnostic support to accept and understand your diagnosis, 5 sessions of wellbeing to manage your diagnosis and understand support needs, monthly peer groups to share experience. All online or in person. Social groups run Monday-Friday, no bookings needed! Check our our schedule and social medias

Who do we support

Independent individuals with a formal diagnosis of Autism aged 16+
We are a free to access charity who is open to autistic adults aged 16+ across Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Monmouthshire, Newport, Torfaen and The Vale of Glamorgan.

This service is for people aged between 16 years and 100 years.

Is there a charge to use this service?

No

Can anyone use this service?

Anyone can use our resource. We use our own referral forms which can be filled in by yourself or a trusted person

Details for this social welfare advice and information service:

Welfare benefits: Advice with casework
Employment: Advice with casework
Housing: None
Immigration: None
Discrimination: Advice with casework
Money: None
Debt: None
  • Does this service offer fully independent advice? Yes
  • Can this service offer Debt Relief Orders (DROs) through qualified intermediaries? No
  • Does this service hold a recognised quality mark? No
  • Is this service registered with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)? No  
  • Is this service registered with Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC)? No

 Address

 You can visit us here:

21 High Street
Cardiff
Cardiff
CF10 1PT

 Opening times

Our operating hours are monday-friday 9am-5pm. We require an initial contact form and meeting to discuss how we can best support each person before attending our service.

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We will take reasonable steps to ensure the information within the website is as accurate as possible. We cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of this information. The contributors themselves maintain their own information and they welcome feedback about the accuracy of the information they provide. Those accessing it are advised to take reasonable steps to consider its content before acting upon it. This could include seeking professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the information within our website.

Please note that the results found when searching in English or Welsh on the English and Welsh sides of the website (www.dewis.wales or www.dewis.cymru) will sometimes differ. Providers can (subject to rules around language standards that apply to some provision) choose to enter their information in English only, in Welsh only, or bilingually. Whilst we try to use the technology within the site to limit the impact of their choice, both terminology and the structure of the languages mean that differences in the results produced is sometimes inevitable.

We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on our site. Such links are provided for your information only and should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources. We reserve the right to reject or remove links to any website if we find the site content inappropriate.

For more information please refer to the full terms and conditions.

Find more well-being information at www.dewis.wales

We will take reasonable steps to ensure the information within the website is as accurate as possible. We cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of this information. The contributors themselves maintain their own information and they welcome feedback about the accuracy of the information they provide. Those accessing it are advised to take reasonable steps to consider its content before acting upon it. This could include seeking professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the information within our website.

Please note that the results found when searching in English or Welsh on the English and Welsh sides of the website (www.dewis.wales or www.dewis.cymru) will sometimes differ. Providers can (subject to rules around language standards that apply to some provision) choose to enter their information in English only, in Welsh only, or bilingually. Whilst we try to use the technology within the site to limit the impact of their choice, both terminology and the structure of the languages mean that differences in the results produced is sometimes inevitable.

We assume no responsibility for the content of websites linked on our site. Such links are provided for your information only and should not be interpreted as endorsement by us of those linked websites. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources. We reserve the right to reject or remove links to any website if we find the site content inappropriate.

For more information please refer to the full terms and conditions.