Introduce Autism Support Levels in the UK

Rejected 9 signatures

What the petition asks

Introduce autism support levels in the UK so that, on paper, people’s different support needs are recognised instead of everyone receiving the same diagnosis.

Autism is a spectrum, but in the UK everyone receives the same diagnosis regardless of support needs. In the USA, autism support levels (1, 2 and 3) help show how much support a person needs. I believe the UK should introduce a similar system so that on paper, someone who is non-speaking, has pica, a learning disability and needs constant supervision isn’t viewed the same as someone with much lower support needs. This would help support, education and funding better reflect individual needs.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

We already have a petition open on recognising different levels of support required by people with autism, which you may wish to sign:

Require NHS autism diagnoses to include assessment of level of support needed
Require NHS autism diagnoses to include assessment of level of support needed

Timeline

17 Jul 2026	Petition opened for signatures
12 Aug 2026	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 9

Status Rejected

Rejected 12 Aug 2026

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