https://vimeo.com/332500702 Interview with Dr Catriona Stewart at the National Autistic Society Professional Conference in 2019. Catriona discusses Under our Wing, a peer mentoring project for autistic women and girls which is being delivered in partnership with SWAN.
Article in the Herald Scotland Read this article in the Herald about our outdoor workshops, organised by SWAN and Scottish Forestry which aim to give participants skills to go on to mentor, encourage and support other women with autism.
SWAN wins Scottish Social Services Award We arrived in Edinburgh from 6 different parts of Scotland all united by our pride in our identites as autistic women and swans. We represent the Scottish Women’s Autism Network (SWAN), each of us involved in varied capacities but all mutually invested in...
Head above the parapet award The recent nomination for the Scottish Social Services Awards held in the beautiful Mansfield Traquair in Edinburgh, was without a doubt a huge achievement for Scottish Women’s Autism Network (SWAN). Being given the visibility and recognition it deserves alongside some of the countries most...
Please, if you attended our Know your Emotions event, could you email swan.scotland@gmail.com for a feedback form?
Yenn Purkis is encouraging us to "Ditch the Expectations" in their latest blog. rony@swan
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I was facilitating my most excellent autism women’s group – also welcoming of non-binary, trans and intersex folk – and got in a conversation with one of the attendees. They are relativ...Our friends at One Stop Shop Aberdeen have an exciting event coming up... rony@swanWe are excited to announce our upcoming webinar for autistic people with Author, Blogger, Guest Speaker, Autistic Advocate, Trainer and Rubik's Cube Enthusiast Chris Bonnello from Autistic Not Weird on the 18th August at 6pm.
Chris will be talking about autism, resilience and working to your strengths and there will be time for a question and answer session. Please register attendance here: oss-aberdeen.co.uk/Chris
"At my current 25 years old, I have finally embraced disability pride. It can be a long process for many, as it was for myself, not only because we experience mockery and disdain from an ableist society that refuses to accommodate our needs, but because the mere idea of disability is fervently denied in favour of euphemistic justifications for our behaviour." Josefina Trocoso for Medium. rony@swan
Via Autistic Women & Non-binary Network
I wasn’t disabled! Except I was.
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At my current 25 years old, I have finally embraced disability pride. It can be a long process for many, as it was for myself, not only...Studio III are currently looking for artwork submissions from children and young people on their experiences of lockdown for their next conference event. Entries should be sent to admin@studio3.org and will remain anonymous.
This is a FREE event open to parents, carers, families, siblings, professionals and all practitioners who work within the caring sector.
Life has changed for many of us, for better or for worse. Crucially, it has had a massive impact on the lives of children with intellectual disabilities, autism, and other additional needs, as well as how they are supported by staff, parents and carers. This event will look at questions that have arisen around supporting children and young people during the Covid-19 lockdown, and how we can use that information moving forward to better support our young people.
Dr Georgia Pavlopoulou on Research on Lockdown and Autism
Videos from Children on Personal Reflections on Lockdown
Panel of Parents and Carers on Imagining the Future After Lockdown
This web event will be available on demand for people who are unable to attend live. Cat@Swan
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Studio 3 are hosting a series of online, live, interactive conferences at low costs for families, practitioners and professionals.