About the Scottish Women’s Autism Network The Scottish Women’s Autism Network (SWAN) was formed in 2012 with a mission to ensure that Scotland is a home where autistic women and girls can flourish. We empower autistic women and girls by running peer-support local groups across Scotland, manage online forums,...
On 9 April 2020, it was announced that an Independent Advisory Group (IAG) would be set up to review Police Scotland’s use of new temporary police powers to tackle coronavirus. The Group is chaired by John Scott QC and has reported directly to the Scottish Police Authority, as the...
The WomenBeing Talks series: The COVID-19 experience, has been described as an experiment in creating a ‘dialogue chain’, to weave voices, stories and knowledge from female peers with different perspectives, backgrounds and walks of life all over the world. The storytelling initiative seeks to connect women worldwide (community leaders, academics, entrepreneurs,...
Scottish Autism has launched a series of resources and animations developed from information collected through an online questionnaire, focus groups, interviews with individual practitioners and autistic women, and other recent research studies. Each animation and associated resource summarises these findings, presenting it in a succinct and useful form for...
It’s time that we celebrated autistic people
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The word “autistic” was once derogatory, used not only to put down awkward nerds, but to make it clear that anyone with these traits was a misfit and an outsider who couldn’t empathise with others or
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Part 3 in our series of Webinars designed to Improve Understanding of Autism. Join the One Stop Shop Home-Start Aberdeen Teams who will be discussing self care strategies for autistic adults, autistic children and parents and carers of autistic people.