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Later on this month, we will be holding a session at the Hub on giving your feedback on how the Safeguarding process can be better for autistic people. The new Safeguarding Feedback project is led by Advonet (the charity that [...]

Our monthly autistic led Women's Group will be returning to the topic of assertiveness at next week's Lovell Autism Hub session. Assertiveness is something that some autistic people find difficult. It is a useful tool for getting across your views [...]

The Autism Reference Group, the quarterly forum for autistic adults in Leeds to have their say on what services do for them, will be meeting next month. The Group's meeting will be held at the Lovell Autism Hub on Tuesday [...]

The next session of our autistic-led Café Autistique discussing group will be talking about how we access services. They could be health services such as hospitals and GP surgeries, customer helplines, housing or anything else that we access on a [...]

Advonet, CHANGE and Yorkshire MESMAC are holding free self-advocacy workshops for autistic people who are also LGBTQ+. This is part of the new LGBTQ+ Health Inclusion Project, which is run by the three organisations. Autistic people have been involved in [...]

Starting in early July, we will now be running our quieter Friday Autism Hub sessions for booked appointments every two weeks. The sessions will alternate with our post-diagnostic support sessions for newly-diagnosed autistic adults every other week on Thursday evenings. [...]

Our new post-diagnostic support sessions for newly-diagnosed autistic adults in Leeds are still going. We can offer up to four appointments to help you understand your autism, with support from some of our autistic staff members. The sessions run on [...]

Our previously scheduled Cafe Autistique discussion on life goals and achieving them has been moved from the original date of Tuesday 25th June to a later date. This discussion will now take place on Tuesday 23rd July from 5:30pm-6:30pm. It [...]

Bigger and Better in Leeds 2019, an information event celebrating autism awareness and acceptance, has confirmed its' speakers, stallholders and workshops. This year, there are three autistic guest speakers: Dr James McGrath is a lecturer in English, History and Media [...]

Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust (LTHT), Leeds Autism AIM and Leeds ABC will be holding a joint stall to celebrate Autistic Pride Day on Tuesday 18th June. The stall aims to educate passers-by on what the day is all about and [...]