It was founded in late 2014 by The Advonet Group (formerly Leeds Advocacy) and is co-led by a number of autistic adults and carers/parents of autistic adults.
We developed the service after running some specialist autism advocacy and mentoring provision. It was set up with autistic adults because there was a need identified for ongoing support to help people achieve their potential. We offer advocacy, information, autistic-led groups and post-diagnostic support for newly-diagnosed autistic adults. We run two weekly sessions for booked appointments only and a monthly drop-in on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Lovell Park Hub.
We also run post-diagnostic support support for autistic adults diagnosed within the last 12 months of their first appointment with us. At the moment, we offer these in-person, online, by phone call or text chat.
What we don’t do
Please note that Leeds Autism AIM do not provide support workers or personal assistants. We also don’t have case workers assigned to specific people. Please also note that our services are for autistic adults living in Leeds (aged 18+).
Sometimes, we will work with a 17-year-old as they transition into adulthood to let them know what services are available once they turn 18.
Leeds Autism AIM does provide low level short-term advocacy, peer support, mentoring and post-diagnostic support, self-advocacy resources, information and signposting. If you have never used the service before and would like our help, please make a referral below.
Privacy Policy
We are part of The Advonet Group, an independent advocacy charity in Leeds. As such, we abide by their Data Protection and Procedures Policy, which is available at this link: https://advonet.org.uk/about-us/our-policies/
