Hello everyone, Thank you to all of those who completed the feedback from. One of the main points brought to light from these forms was that people would like the sessions to be a little more interactive. We’ve done a lot of head scratching, thinking of ways that we can achieve this, as with the…

Autism and Mental Health Conference 2021 11 March 2021| Online conference Join us at our one-day conference to hear about the crucial issues impacting the mental health of autistic people and explore strategies for effective support. Key topics Making schools and services work for autistic people Support needs of autistic people and their families during…

Axia ASD started our PDSGs over 5 years ago as a support group specifically for adults who had been diagnosed by Axia. Over recent months, we have been recording the presentations which would have been given at our regular Post-Diagnostic Support Group meetings, and then uploaded them to YouTube. Our PDSG scheduled for 9th December…

Our online ‘Making Ripples’ event will takes place on 9 December 2020. About this Event ‘Making Ripples’ – 9th December 2020. UCLan Careers received funding to research perceptions of the employability of students and graduates who had an autism diagnosis, through exploring perceptions from employers and from students and graduates with an Autism spectrum condition…

  LIVE with Scientists is a Manchester-based public engagement platform, which aims to make science more accessible to everyone. They say “We are particularly passionate about using the platform to promote autism-related content: highlighting the latest research, the work of charities and other organisations, and generally increasing awareness of autism.”   On 24th October, as…

World Mental Health Day 2020 The World Health Organisation recognises World Mental Health Day on 10th October every year. This year’s theme set by the World Federation for Mental Health is ‘mental health for all’. Share This Post:

The Autism Show 2020: Webinar Week 12 – 17 October 2020 We would like to invite you to The Autism Show: Webinar Week, which takes place in two weeks’ time on the 12th to 17th October. This year The Autism Show has gone digital to offer you over 30 hours of online learning, designed to…

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Join us on Facebook Live 3rd September from 1pm to watch an update on our supermarket campaign. Last month, we asked you to sign our letter to supermarket bosses. Long queues, unclear rules and poor staff understanding meant that too many autistic people and their families were struggling to get food. If shops made a…

About the Fayre Due to the recent pandemic and circumstances of health and safety, we have decided to hold our annual Fayre virtually. It will take place between 13th – 16th September. Although we are disappointed at not holding the Fayre in our traditional manner, we are however EXCITED to be holding our first ever…

After a break from streaming Jackbox last Wednesday, we are back again this week for further playful banter in our series of “Calvin & Ren Play Jackbox in Quarantine”. Please join us at 7:30 pm for this very entertaining stream, which we would like to emphasise is an 18+ social comedic game. It encourages audience…

Spectrum Live – Employment episodes Join us live on our Facebook page for our free interactive live stream events. Tuesday 4 August 11am Thursday 6 August 12pm Not all autistic people are able to work, but, with understanding from their employer and colleagues, and reasonable adjustments to the interview process and workplace, many autistic people…

Autscape 2020 is an online Autistic-led conference taking place between the 27-30th of July. Tickets are £20 and the talks touch on a variety of subjects. Allies are welcome to join in as well! Renwick Bromiley Associate to Head of Film Society Autscape 2020: Vision Monday 27 July – Thursday 30 July 2020 Online Autscape…

We would like to remind everyone that Calvin & Renwick will be streaming their “Jackbox in Quarantine” series live again this evening on Calvin’s YouTube channel. This is of course due to our Wednesday afternoon “Open Rooms” being suspended. Please join us at 7:30 pm for our popular Jackbox stream (an 18+ social comedic game…

Another Wednesday has come around, so I would like to remind everyone that, due to our Wednesday afternoon “Open Rooms” still being suspended, Calvin & Renwick will be streaming live this evening as usual on Calvin’s YouTube channel. Please join us at 7:30 pm for our popular Jackbox stream (an 18+ social comedic game that…

Spectrum Live The Coronavirus Series Many autistic people and their families have concerns about the current situation with coronavirus also known as COVID-19. We are pleased to announce a series of Spectrum Live episodes which will be pre-recorded and hosted on our Facebook page. The episodes Episode 1– ‘Coronavirus, health and wellbeing’ Wednesday the 29th…

Due to the continuing suspension of our Wednesday afternoon “Open Rooms”, Calvin & Renwick will again be streaming live this afternoon. Please join us today at 1:30 pm on Calvin’s YouTube channel for our Jackbox stream (a social comedic game that encourages audience participation and funny answers), “Calvin & Ren play Jackbox in quarantine” Dream…

Following last nights successful streaming of Spyro (which had 30 views), we will be streaming again today due to our Wednesday afternoon “Open Rooms” still being suspended. Join us today at 1:30pm for our Jackbox stream (A social comedic game that encourages audience participation and funny answers), “Calvin & Ren play Jackbox in quarantine part…