Tim Nicholls and his team work across education, health, social care and employment to make sure government policy and the research underpinning it reflects the needs of autistic children, adults and their families. During his time at the National Autistic Society, he has worked on a new all-age autism strategy and campaigned to reduce long autism diagnosis waiting times and the number of autistic mental health inpatients and improve teacher training. He sits on the government’s National Autism Strategy Executive Board, Building the Right Support Delivery Board and NHS England’s NHS Assembly.