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...
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The WomenBeing Talks series: The COVID-19 experience
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,...
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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...
SWAN founder awarded an OBE
SWANs are delighted that our founder Dr Catriona Stewart was awarded an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the New Year’s Honours list for her outstanding contribution to autistic women and girls. Catriona has worked tirelessly since completing her PhD to build the network for...
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University of Dundee Disability Awareness Lecture In Honour of Eddie Small
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The University of Dundee Annual Disability Awareness Lecture, in honour of Eddie SmallPlease support if you can Cat@Swan twitter.com/autgeek/status/1330832386817466368?s=20
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“Call for participants - please share widely 🙏 #AllAutistics #AutisticsInAcademia Please help, I'm looking for autistic people to complete my survey to help me learn about the relationship between autistic identity and quality of life. t.co/fJ74E8Mxu2 More details below.”Could be interesting Cat@Swan uclancareersfairs.com/makingripples2/index.html
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UCLan Careers gained some funding to research perceptions of the employability of students and graduates who had an autism diagnosis, through exploring perceptions from employers and from students and graduates with an Autism spectrum condition (ASC).
🔥 ATTENTION 🔥 Many people with hidden disabilities are frustrated with the abuse of Sunflower Lanyards... 😞
The Sunflower Lanyard was introduced in 2016 to allow people who have hidden disabilities to get the help they need in public settings.
Since the pandemic, many people have confused them as ‘mask exemption lanyards’ (TV shows such as ‘This Morning’ have added to this confusion).
There’s a HUGE increase in people abusing the system as the lanyards are only 55p to buy (with no proof of disability required) DUE TO THIS many people without disabilities are buying lanyards to get out of wearing a face covering while shopping AFFECTING people who use them as a disability aid.
NOT ONLY THIS but some people are buying the lanyards to sell for profit on eBay and Amazon Marketplace 😞
*Please note this post was written by two people on the autistic spectrum who want to save the Sunflower Lanyard from becoming worthless.
Have you witnessed abuse of the Sunflower Lanyard?...
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What does our ‘disability’ naming mean for Disability Research?
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Professors of Disability – What does our ‘disability’ naming mean for Disability Research at the University of Dundee?