With all the changes to Government guidance across the four nations of the UK we’ve been working to keep all our information up to date on our Coronavirus hub. Read the latest on the rules, including those on face coverings.…

Autism in Lockdown Sarah Hendrickx shares her thoughts and experiences from herself and other autistic adults and families about their experiences – both positive and negative – of the COVID-19 situation and lockdown.   Share This Post:

Who Award-winning comedian, presenter, and National Autistic Society ambassador Matt Richardson – and YOU! What A general knowledge quiz written and hosted by Matt Richardson, in a Zoom room, and live-streamed to Facebook. What could possibly go wrong? Please note…

Jack Howes As the football season finally kicks off again, we catch up with Jack Howes, autistic man, football fan, and a Philanthropy and Partnerships Manager for our charity. Jack writes about his love of the beautiful game, and why football…

Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen a wave of protests following the tragic death of George Floyd in the United States, calling for an end to police brutality and a stop to racism in all forms. At the National…

Claire Cookson Blog, 10 July 2020 Claire Cookson, CEO of employment facilitator DFN Project SEARCH, describes how young people with learning disabilities have stepped into key worker roles during the Covid-19 Pandemic and the legacy it may leave. The pandemic…

Another busy week here at Axia, with seven diagnosticians carrying out fantastic work. This week, we had the honour to announce Luke Beardon’s new research project. This is wonderful news and some of you may remember him discussing it when…

Welcome to the very first issue of West Cheshire Autism Hub’s ebulletin, which is a great way for everyone involved in this project to hear about our plans for the future. The West Cheshire Autism Hub is a welcoming place…

Those of you who attend our PDSGs, may remember at Luke’s last presentation he mentioned a research project that he was hoping to get ethical approval for, and that it would depend on getting enough participants from our Post-Diagnostic Support…

Another busy week here at Axia. We have had seven clinicians in this week, all carrying out sterling work. A very happy Anime fan went away with a copy of Calvin’s book, ‘The Nerd Consultant’s Guide to Anime’ on Monday.…

I just wanted to remind everyone, that due to our Wednesday afternoon “Open Rooms” still being on hold, Calvin & Renwick will again be streaming live this evening on Calvin’s YouTube channel for Week 13. Please join us at 7:30…

I’m an autistic, mixed race woman – let’s discuss intersectionality Multiply marginalised due to being a mixed race, autistic woman, Mette writes for Learning Disability Today about how she experiences a world that wasn’t built for her. Content warning: racism…

Another busy week here at Axia this week with six diagnosticians carrying out sterling work. It was also a very sad day today as we said goodbye to Evie Connor, who is relocating back to Scotland. She will still be…

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I’d just like to remind everyone that tonight Calvin and Renwick will be live streaming from Calvin’s YouTube channel again in their usual Tuesday slot.   They’re continuing playing ‘The Last of Us’, a 2013 action-adventure game, and will start…

This is the first of our Weekly Bulletins. Again a very busy week with lots of diagnoses happening. Calvin and Renwick have continued streaming Final Fantasy on Calvin’s YouTube Channel, recently started The Last of Us Remastered on Tuesday, and…