Earlier this spring, we produced some autism alert cards that you can use online to show to police during the COVID-19 crisis. These were about the COVID-19 guidance, which previously allowed autistic people and people with learning disabilities to leave [...]
Leeds Autism AIM have set up a couple of groups on our Facebook page. One is for group peer support and the other is for our Cafe Autistique discussion group. Both will be led by autistic members of Leeds Autism [...]
Autscape, an annual retreat led by autistic people, was due to take place in July at the Giggleswick School in North Yorkshire. Due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, this event has been cancelled, but Autscape will now take place online [...]
Due to the situation around Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the temporary closure of the Lovell Autism Hub, the next Autism Reference Group meeting will take place online via Zoom. It will be hosted by the Leeds Autism AIM team and will [...]
Many people will become increasingly vulnerable during the current COVID-19 crisis and some are not known to services or accessing support. People with learning disabilities, who are autistic or have other neurodivergent conditions such as ADHD can be more isolated [...]
We have produced a toolkit of resources that you can use to help cope during the COVID-19 crisis. To explain how that and the recent guide for professionals to working with autistic adults work, our Peer Development Worker Gill Loomes [...]
During the lockdown, there has been a lot of talk of communication and the challenges that brings. In this blog post, our Peer Development Worker Gill Loomes has looked at communicating online, offline and remotely for autistic people and non-autistic [...]
At this difficult time, it can be hard to know where to go to interact with other people, be it online or face-to-face. If you are autistic, there are some online forums, many led by autistic people, where you can [...]
It’s a difficult time for many of us, but if you feel like you can help other people in need, there are many ways to offer support. It could involve helping out local health services, supporting people in the community [...]
Over the last week or two, we have been finalising what support we are able to offer to autistic adults in Leeds who get little or no funded support. Here is a list of what we have on offer: There [...]
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