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...
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...
