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...
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...
SWAN is one of 9 charities and organisations awarded funding under the new Scottish Government’s Improving Understanding of Autism campaign. The campaign is aiming to dispel myths about autism and give non-autistic people an improved understanding of autism. The funding is directed at making employment and community participation more...
‘We don’t need to be cured or fixed’: writers speak out on autism
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Three authors tell of their own struggles and triumphs in living with a condition they share with 700,000 people in the UK