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 [...]
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 [...]
After speaking to neurodivergent staff and people that Leeds Autism AIM work with, we have put together a brand new guide. It is a booklet that explains how to make information accessible to neurodivergent people in a number of ways. [...]
This Christmas is going to be a little different for many of us. Owing to the Coronavirus pandemic, there are restrictions on what we can and cannot do, but the social aspect of the festive season is still there. To [...]
In the third of our Coronavirus: Autistic Voices series, our Information Officer Luke Aylward shares his experience of trying to find and stick to a routine. His is a video; please find it below: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFbjk8Oe-2k]
Today, Thursday 18th June, is Autistic Pride Day. It is an occasion that is celebrated by many autistic people worldwide and was coined by the Aspies For Freedom forum in 2005. To mark it this year, our Information Officer Luke [...]
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 [...]
The Coronavirus outbreak has resulted in a lot of information being shared by the government, news websites, blogs and health services. Is all the information too much to cope with? Is it clear enough? Luke Aylward, our *ahem* Information Officer, [...]
On reading a recent article in the Spectator where the idea of neurodiversity was labelled as “dangerous”, it really hit a nerve amongst some of our staff and volunteers. On reading it, we felt deeply offended, as neurodiversity is something [...]
Over the past week, we have published a series of Tweets containing quotes from some of our volunteer mentors. Celebrating Volunteers Week, our mentors' stories explained what they gained from helping an autistic adult to set goals and overcome obstacles. [...]
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