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...
https://twitter.com/BBCScotNine/status/1167179453933527040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
I had a strong personal reaction to this book. As a result this cannot be an academic, impartial review; what I have tried to do is present the general themes and ideas, along with my responses. Holly Bridges is an Australian writer with a degree in psychology, who works...
Great article from a late-diagnosed Australian autistic woman this week:
"Autism isn't just a medical diagnosis, it is part of our identities, and when autistic people ask you to go the extra mile in learning about and understanding how we think differently, we’re not asking for anything we haven’t done for allistic people all our lives"
'At 47, I discovered I am autistic – suddenly so many things made sense'
www.theguardian.com
Other people’s lives always seemed more effortless, but it took my daughter’s autism diagnosis to realise why
NB If you have emailed this week for a zoom link to tomorrow's webinar, please email again to: swan.scotland14@gmail.com
Had our attention brought to this:
www.facebook.com/autisticparentsUK
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Autistic Parents UK is a non-profit unincorporated association set up by a group of Autistic parents. Our vision is to build a collaborative community offering a range of no-cost, accessible options of mutual peer support for Autistic parents in the UK.Please do ask any questions you have on my presentation for SWAN on Inclusive working practices and Human Rights or my conversation with John Scott QC on the work of the Independent Advisory Group to the Scottish Police Authority during COVID Cat@SwanThe Eighth Annual Strategy for Autism Conference team will be live streaming a Q & A session with selected speakers via Facebook on Friday 30th October at 1.00pm.
If you have any comments or questions on any of the conference presentations which you wish answered , please send them to autism.network@strath.ac.uk (FAO Lesley Evans), no later than midday on Friday 23rd October.
