On this page, you will find autism blog posts covering areas such as how to support autistic adults, as well as some of our guides. Find links to some of our posts, guides and resources right here!
Why every month is Autism Acceptance Month for us
This April is Autism Acceptance Month. It was created many years ago to shine a light on autism and what autistic people go through, initially called Autism Awareness Month. More information about its origins can [...]
What is Autism Acceptance?
This April, you will probably have seen a lot of online content celebrating Autism Acceptance Month. At the same time, it’s possible that you might have come across social media posts and news articles marking [...]
Neurodiversity Celebration Week: Useful resources
To mark Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2023 (13th-19th March), we in the Leeds Autism AIM team are putting together a list of useful resources about all things neurodiversity and neurodivergence. It includes blog posts, websites [...]
Neurodiversity and neurodivergence: The AIM team’s thoughts
In recent years, there has been a lot of discussion of the idea of neurodiversity. Much of it has been positive, but with that has come more than a little confusion. What does it [...]
Autistic Pride is…
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 [...]
Autistic Utopia: Our manifesto
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 [...]
