EDM 1359: British MPs call for action on Autism - (London,UK)Parliamentarians of all parties in the House of Commons are currently signing an early day motion (EDM 1359)calling for decisive action on autism in the United Kingdom. Early Day Motion 1359 was tabled by the highly influential MP for Ilford South, Mike Gapes who is Chair of the powerful Foreign Affairs Select Committee in the House of Commons in Westminster. The EDM states: "That this House notes that the Prime Minister met autism campaigner Ivan Corea, who presented a report on autism; backs the call of the Autism Awareness Campaign UK for the Government to undertake a 10 year programme of building specialist autism schools, building autism units in mainstream primary and secondary schools, tackling the failure of some secondary schools in bringing in educational strategies to deal with autistic children in a mainstream setting, providing access to further education and higher education, labour market opportunities for people with autism and tackling the whole question of bullying and autistic children; requests that the Government review the provision of recreational services for autistic children; and calls on the Government to launch a cohesive national strategy for autism." Parliamentarians are supporting the call of the Autism Awareness Campaign UK who are urging the Government to launch a national strategy on autism and a 10 year plan of action. Recently, the Prime Minister, Tony Blair met with autism campaigner Ivan Corea of the Autism Awareness Campaign UK and leading parliamentarian Lee Scott MP (Ilford North).