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...
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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.