Our autistic-led Women-Aligned Group, which would normally meet at the Lovell Autism Hub, will be meeting on Zoom in mid-July. The first meeting will be on the second Tuesday of the month. Future dates will be released in due course. [...]
Starting this week, the Government brought out a new rule, stating that everyone using public transport must wear a face covering. However, some people are exempt from this rule, including disabled people. Autistic people are in that group, as are [...]
Today, we have started a new private Facebook group run by and for autistic women in the Leeds area. The group will be moderated by a member of staff and one of our volunteers; both are autistic women. The group [...]
When it comes to referring to autism and autistic people, there are usually two ways of going about it. The first is person-first language. This is where someone would say “They have autism” or “people with autism”. The second is [...]
Next month, Leeds Autism AIM will be running an online peer support and check-in session, led by and run for autistic adults in the Leeds area with little or no funded support. The Leeds Autistic Get-Together will be held on [...]
Following on from this week's successful online meeting, Carers Leeds are to run their group for parents, carers and partners of autistic adults (aged 16 and over) again next month. It is free to attend and will be on Zoom. [...]
Starting next week, Carers Leeds will be running an online support group for parents, carers and partners of autistic adults. The groups will be held on the second Tuesday of every month and will be held on the Zoom video [...]
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 [...]
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