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Hansard to 4 November 2026 · 31,174 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Sector leader · Learning disability & autism
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Sector leader
Peter Watt
National Autistic Society
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press citation on 1 topic since 12 Jan 2026 · last quoted 12 Jan 2026
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Peter Watt: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- National Autistic Society
- Quoted on
- Learning disability & autism
- Tracked press citations
- 1
- Most recently quoted
- 12 Jan 2026
04 The signal · where Peter Watt sits on learning disability & autism
Ranked 58= of 386 voices quoted in the press on learning disability & autism, level with 328 others on 1 citation.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1Jon SparkesSector leaderChief Executive, Royal Mencap Society17
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Professor Dame Uta FrithAcademicEmeritus Professor of Cognitive Development, UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London8 - 3=Mel MerrittSector leaderHead of Policy and Influencing, National Autistic Society5
- 58=Michael SteinAcademicvisiting professor of law at the Harvard Law School and executive director of the Harvard Law School Project on Disability1
- 58=Tara EicherAcademicpostdoctoral research fellow at the Chan School1
- 58=Peter WattSector leaderNational Autistic Society1
- 58=Amy ShawClinicianClinical Lead, Water Meadow View1
- 58=Jolanta LasotaSector leaderChief Executive of Ambitious about Autism1
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05 On the record · press
What Peter Watt has said
By outlet · linked articles
- bbc.com1
Where Peter Watt has been quoted
- 01'My daughter helped shape new autistic Barbie doll'bbc.com · 12 Jan 2026
Verbatim
“Seeing more depictions of autism is key to understanding and autism acceptance. It's really important that these representations are authentic and based on extensive consultation with autistic people, and we're pleased Mattel involved the autistic community in the development of this doll.”
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Chief executives, directors and spokespeople of trade bodies, representative associations and charities speaking for the sector. Citations are counted by an automated scan of UK press coverage and may be incomplete. Roles, biographies and contact details are researched and human-reviewed before they appear here; anything not yet reviewed is simply absent rather than shown unverified. This profile was last updated on 5 Oct 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.