World Autism Awareness Week returns to schools! World Autism Awareness Week 2020 will be from 30 March to 5 April − the time will come around quickly, so make sure to get the dates in your diaries!   In 2019, over 4,000 schools signed up and took part in awareness and fundraising activities in their…

Dear all,   Just a follow up reminder about our AGM and speaker event which will be looking at the progress of the Autism Act both locally and nationally.   Places are free but must be booked using the link on the attached flyer.   We hope you can join us. Kind regards, Esther Fletcher…

“Autism: Future Employment Conference 2020” by Virtually Learning £10 31st January 2020 10:30 – 16:00 GMT Ty Pawb, Market St, Wrexham LL13 8BB. Neurodivergent Talent in the Workplace This event is about empowering businesses in Wrexham and North Wales with new employees who are autistic. We are going to be discussing employment, careers, and life-changing…

Haygarth Public health Lecture 21st November 2019 at 6.30pm in Binks building Room 011 University of Chester This year’s Haygarth Public Health Lecture is titled:   “Sit down you’re rocking the boat”: the future of public mental health leadership. The Keynote speaker is:  Poppy Jaman OBE, CEO City Mental Health Alliance NED Public Health England…

The group is facilitated by Sarah Hendrickx, an autistic adult, author and diagnostician at Axia-ASD unless otherwise stated. Recordings of previous presentations can be found at www.axia-asd.co.uk Wednesday 15th January 2020 Autopia – Dr. Luke Beardon, Senior Lecturer in Autism, Sheffield Hallam University Luke will talk about his vision for an Autistic Utopia of the…

World Mental Health Day 2019: focus on suicide prevention Every 40 seconds, someone loses their life to suicide. Join us, on 10 October, in “40 seconds of action” to raise awareness of the scale of suicide around the world and the role that each of us can play to help prevent it. Click here to…

Kaleidoscope Festival 2019 A fun festival celebrating diversity, inclusion and unique abilities. Monday 30 September – Sunday 6 October Many events are free £5 Festival Lanyard Pass available for access to selected shows Check individual events for details As with all Storyhouse events, Carers, Companions & Personal Assistants go free (click for more info) Share…

Sign up to Autism Hour today! There’s just over a month to go until the National Autistic Society’s Autism Hour, and businesses are taking their first autism-friendly steps all over the UK. To make sure this year’s campaign is bigger than ever, we need your support. Our Autism Hour map is back, and you can…

We have revised our Key Stage 4 programme as we have had lots of requests to run a one day programme instead of the half day originally planned. Please find below our KS4 booklet.   If you want any more information about this programme or any others please don’t hesitate to contact me.   Kind…

After our discussion yesterday at our Post-Diagnostic Support group regarding the cost of tickets and lack of “Earlybird prices” for the upcoming “4th North Wales Autism Conference”, we are delighted to be able offer tickets to members of our PDSG at the reduced rate of £100 Please contact us on 01244 56 76 56 or…

Women and girls conference 11 September, Edinburgh Our annual Women and Girls Conference is in Edinburgh this September for the first time. Every year we bring together experts in this field − researchers, practitioners, and autistic women themselves − but this year’s line up is particularly special. All of our speakers and chairs are autistic…

Autism Hour is back! The National Autistic Society’s Autism Hour is back! From 5-12 October 2019, businesses all over the UK will be taking the first steps to create an autism-friendly world and your support is vital to make sure this happens. Since Autism Hour began, we’ve seen over 17,000 businesses run over 40,000 Autism…

**TRAINING OPPORTUNITY** Hi everyone! We are excited to be delivering an afternoon of training aimed toward supporting Autistic individuals to gain knowledge and skills relevant to entering employment. This will be an opportunity to connect with other Autistic people who are looking for work. We will focus together on applying for jobs, interview skills, managing…

Learning Disability Week 2019 will take place from 17th to 23rd June, and will be all about sport and inclusion. How sport can help Sport and physical activity can reduce loneliness and isolation. Benefits for people with and without a learning disability include improved health and wellbeing, empowerment and greater social inclusion. Share This Post:

Sue and Linda are on their way now to this Westminster Health Forum Keynote Seminar: Learning disabilities and autism care in England Timing: 9.00 am start, registration from 8.30 am, 1.00 pm finish, Wednesday, 12th June 2019 Venue: Royal Over-Seas League, Over-Seas House, Park Place, St James’s Street, London SW1A 1LR A live agenda for…

“People with learning disabilities are silently victimised every day and are not receiving the level of support that they so clearly need from our service providers. We all need to work together and learn from one another to ensure that this vile abuse is stamped out, and victims are effectively protected so that they can…

The group is facilitated by Sarah Hendrickx, an autistic adult, author and diagnostician at Axia-ASD unless otherwise stated. Wednesday 17th July 2019 Q & A Session with Dr. Linda Buchan, Clinical Psychologist and Director of Axia-ASD A chance to catch up with any recent developments in the field of Autism and ask any questions about…

This months Post-Diagnostic Support Group will be a little different to our usual format. We are very excited to be able to present an “autistic play”, a piece of theatre, by Rhi Lloyd-Williams. As such, we would like to let people know in advance that the chairs will be arranged differently. In addition, unlike our…