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Easy Dressing with M&S

This range of easy dressing school uniform runs from age 2-16 and has been developed in collaboration with The National Autistic Society.   Share This Post:

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North Wales 3rd Annual Autism Conference

“Embracing The Autistic Voice to Transform Attitudes” Catrin Finch Centre, Glyndwr University, Wrexham LL11 2AW. Friday 19th October 2018 8:30 am – 5:00 pm Share This Post:

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Woman with Asperger’s removed from BFI cinema ‘for laughing’

My brother sent this over to me (Martin Buchan), I was shocked and dismayed to read it Dr. Linda Buchan Consultant Clinical Psychologist & Director of Axia ASD Ltd. A woman who has Asperger’s syndrome was “forcibly removed” from a

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Easy read guide on everyday banking

More than 1 in 100 people in the UK have autism. Autism is a spectrum condition. Some autistic people can struggle to access financial services due to complex information and jargon. Share This Post:

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Executive Functioning – PDSG Presentation

Welcome to the second presentation we are making public, kindly given to Axia’s PDSG in April by David Reiser.   As previously, we intend to protect individuals privacy by removing most audience participation whilst still trying to retain the “essence”

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Listening to your heartbeat can help with your feelings

BBC NEWS 24 Apr 2018 “I wish I could feel happy or excited” – Tom is trying a new treatment that could help people with autism to better recognise their emotions. Research shows the more someone can tune into their

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LDT – Take care when you deliver a diagnosis

Learning Disability Today – Take care when you deliver a diagnosis 26 April 2018 ‘Ten Rules for Delivering a Diagnosis of Autism or Learning Disabilities in a Way That Ensures Lasting Emotional Damage’ is the latest in a series driving

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LDT – Neurodiversity divisions

Learning Disability Today – Neurodiversity divisions Darren Devine 23 April 2018 “Nothing about us without us” — it’s the mantra of the movement that has moved from the fringes of the autism community to centre stage. Here we look at

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Why shouldn’t I be autistic and a student?

BBC News Sean Coughlan Education correspondent 27 April 2018 Getting into university is a challenge, but imagine if you’d also been told you shouldn’t even be in mainstream education. Hannah Khan, a high-achieving first year student at the University of

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Post-Diagnostic Support Group Minutes – April 2018

Minutes of the Twenty Ninth Post-Diagnostic Support Group 24th April 2018 The meeting was attended by 51 people and once again a lovely “Therapy Dog”.   Linda introduced herself and the members of the Axia team who were present.  

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Cancellation Notice for Axia’s 2018 Conference

We are very sad that we have to announce the cancellation of our Axia-ASD 2018 Conference. Subsequent to yesterday’s hugely successful PDSG (51 attendees), I met with two of the intended speakers, Ronnie and Dave. I informed them that all

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How to support autistic students aiming for college or university

Learning Disability Today, 19 April 2018   Here’s how to support autistic students aiming for college or university With exam season around the corner, we spoke to the author of a new book perfectly capturing how to support autistic people

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Our April PDSG – Note

REMINDER: Our next Post-Diagnostic Support Group takes place on Wednesday 25 April between 12pm and 2pm at the Lifestyle Centre in Crewe.   This month David Reiser, one of our Diagnosticians and a Highly Specialised Speech and Language Therapist will

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The Welsh Autism Show 2018

The Welsh Autism Show North Wales – Llandudno Tickets: Fri, 8 Jun 2018 at 10:00 • Eventbrite The Welsh Autism Shows provide you with face to face access to the services, resources and provisions that are there to help individuals

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NAS – Exam guidance now published

You may be interested in the following exam guidance which has just been published by the National Autistic Society. Please click HERE or the image below to open the link in a new window. Share This Post:

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NAS – Women and girls, celebrity chefs and our TMI campaign film

The National Autistic Society Women and girls, celebrity chefs and our Too Much Information campaign film – your monthly newsletter Welcome to your newsletter for April 2018! Spring has finally arrived! We’re celebrating the start of a new season by

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A Virtual Experience of Autism

The Party: a virtual experience of autism – 360 video What is it like to be autistic? The Guardian’s latest VR film offers a glimpse of how a person on the autism spectrum copes with a stressful environment The Party

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Digital Kids Show 2018

Digital Kids Show 2018 Manchester Central Sat 10th – Sun 11th November 2018 Six YouTube superstars coming to Digital Kids Show Manchester! Digital Kids Show returns to Manchester with some of the UK’s biggest online and gaming talent. Back by

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The Next Axia PDSG3rd June 2026
12:00 pm to 2:00 pm

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