Please be aware that the Autism Helpline is not a crisis or emergency service. We do not hold the authority under UK legislation and the Care Act 2014 to investigate, assess or intervene.

If you or you feel that someone you know is vulnerable and may be at risk, it may be worthwhile contacting your local children or adult safeguarding services who are the appropriate services to make a decision should they feel it is appropriate to do so.

If you feel that you are able to contact your local authority’s safeguarding service yourself, you can find their details by typing into a search engine such as Google: “[your local authority] [ adult/child] safeguarding team].”

You would be looking for a webpage specific to your local authority (council) which should include the contact details of your area’s safeguarding services. In order to be certain that the webpage is specific to your local authority, please keep an eye out for the webpage URL address to end in “.gov.uk” as a local authority and government body website will end in the suffix.

If you feel you or someone you know is in immediate risk or danger, it is a case of contacting emergency services, such as the police. You can contact them using the contact details below:

Telephone: 101
In an emergency telephone: 999
Textphone: 18001 followed by 101
Textphone in an emergency: 18000