Lovely endorsement of the book from Steve Silberman (and others) Cas@Swan‘I am in awe of the practical wisdom and uplifting encouragement assembled here by these wise elders of their tribe.’ Steve Silberman
Only 23 days to go until the brilliant Spectrum Women: Walking to the Beat of Autism is released. Make sure you pre-order your copy today! ...
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SWAN: Under Our Wing Mentoring Project
We are delighted to announce the launch of our SWAN Mentoring Programme.
This innovative pilot project is funded for one year by Scottish Autism and supported by the Forestry Commission. We aim to provide autistic women the opportunity to participate in a holistic, experiential learning programme underpinned by autistic led peer support.
The autistic led programme has been designed to enable participants in the building of:
• Feelings of empowerment
• Identity
• Confidence
• Self esteem
• Resilience
• Citizenship
• Where is it taking place? The experiential learning programme will be based in Glasgow City Centre and within woodland settings within Greater Glasgow area.
• When will it take place? Programme participants would be required to have weekday availability one day per fortnight between September 2018– February 2019 and then weekly availability between February- May 2019.
• Who will it involve? Autistic women aged 15 years old and over.
• What is it all about? We are holding an SWAN: Under our Wing Project information session on:
Date: Wednesday 5th September 2018
Location: Project Ability, 3rd Floor, 103, Trongate, Glasgow, G1 5HD
Time: 1.30 – 3.30pm
Interested? book your place: rony.casement@scottishautism.org
Those under 18 years old should be accompanied by an adult.
Please note: This information session is has a maximum number of participants due to funding restrictions. If event is oversubscribed an attendee selection process will be applied. ...
There will be many versions of this - and other Aretha Franklin songs - posted all over the ethernet to mourn her passing and to celebrate her inimitable talent, but I like this song 'Respect' and the irreverance of this version. Farewell Aretha, we'll aways remember you x Cas@SwanFrom: The Blues Brothers 2000 ...
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Bérengère Digard, a PhD student from the University of Edinburgh has asked us to help her with her research project. She is interested in the relationship between bilingualism and social cognition, in autistic and non-autistic adults; you can read more about her research on her webpage dart.ed.ac.uk/research/berengere/.
She is starting a new study, the ABC-Mind (flyer attached), designed for any autistic and non-autistic adults (over 16 years-old) who know more than one language. To help her and take part in the study, simply email her at berengere.digard@ed.ac.uk. ...
Our next Glasgow SWAN meet-up will be on Friday the 31st of August at the usual time and in the same venue as last time.
Please private message or email swan.scotland@gmail.com for further information and details of location and time. The meet-ups are open to old friends and new, and there is no commitment involved in coming along. We look forward to welcoming all who can attend. rony@swan ...
