To mark Autistic Pride Day 2022 (Saturday 18th June), our Peer Development Worker Gill Loomes-Quinn has written a blog about what it means to her. Writing about her experience of doing her PhD, Gill covers topics such as tenacity and [...]
Earlier this month, the Yorkshire Autism AIM service, which runs parallel to Leeds Autism AIM, announced that they were running new twice-monthly mental health peer support groups. One session will be in-person at the Lovell Park Hub and the other [...]
For our latest monthly Coproduction Group session, we will look at resources and information on health for autistic adults. They will include: A leaflet for our Health Access Project Information for questions asked of GPs about their knowledge of autism [...]
Later this month, the Autism Reference Group for Leeds will meet online. It is a forum for autistic adults living in Leeds to have their say on what local services should do for them. The meeting will be chaired by [...]
Following our Autistic Utopia discussion on Tuesday 29th March, we have put together a 'manifesto' document. This is based on what autistic adults taking part in the group said. The manifesto covers five areas: Employment Transport Public buildings and spaces [...]
In recent months, the Leeds Autism AIM service has been running regular appointment-only sessions at the Lovell Park Hub. These are for autistic adults in Leeds aged 18 and over who receive little or no funded support. The services we [...]
The Yorkshire Autism AIM team have put together a survey. It is part of their work on addressing the sensory needs of autistic adults on inpatient wards in Leeds. The survey asks eight questions, which cover issues including: Different sensory [...]
Next Thursday, our monthly Coproduction Group will look at new resources made for our Health Access Project. They are: A pain scale - communicating how much or how little pain you are in A spoons scale - showing how much [...]
After a couple of years away, the Leeds Hidden Talents Employment Fair is back. It will be online this year, running a series of seminars over the last two weeks of March. They aim to showcase what employment support is [...]
To mark Autism Acceptance Week and the start of Autism Acceptance Month, Leeds Autism AIM and Yorkshire Autism AIM are running an online discussion. It asks what your idea of an autistic-friendly utopia would be. The discussion will look at [...]
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