This week at Alder Hey join us to celebrate World #AutismAcceptanceWeek 🏥 Alder Hey 💙 National Autistic Society ADDvanced Solutions Community Network Faria Arsh St.Julie'sHighSchool Maricourt Catholic High School Sefton Carers Centre YPAS Liverpool Autism In Motion Autism Initiatives Witherslack Group LivPaC Sefton PCF @glk_rcn PDA Society Alder Hey Youth Forum Everton in the Community

Many thanks to our schools and young people that got involved to share what #Autism means to them and what they wish people know and understood about Autism Maricourt Catholic High School Pontville Witherslack Group St.Julie'sHighSchool LivPaC Sefton PCF #AutismAcceptanceWeek

As this week is #AutismAcceptanceWeek , we asked some of the brilliant children and young people from Alder Hey Youth Forum & Camhelions @ alder hey 💛💚 to tell us what #autism means to them. Here’s what they said 👇 Alder Hey ASD

Alder Hey's ASD Team are Celebrating #AutismAcceptanceWeek #AutismAwareness 🏥 Alder Hey 💙 National Autistic Society ADDvanced Solutions Community Network Faria Arsh St.Julie'sHighSchool Maricourt Catholic High School Sefton Carers Centre YPAS Liverpool Autism In Motion Autism Initiatives Witherslack Group LivPaC Sefton PCF @glk_rcn PDA Society Alder Hey Youth Forum

Alder Hey Staff Come and join our #AutismAwareness lunch and learn To promote awareness & acceptance of #autism. JOIN OUR PLEDGE #wesupportalderheysautismpledge 🏥 Alder Hey 💙 Alder Hey ACE Staff Network Alder Hey Children’s Charity Alder Hey Youth Forum CAMHS Crisis Care @ Alder Hey Sefton CAMHS and Sefton MHST @ Alder Hey AlderHey Community Speech & Language Therapy Lpool AlderHey Community Speech & Language TherapySefton

Many thanks to our schools and young people that got involved to share what #Autism means to them and what they wish people know and understood about Autism Maricourt Catholic High School Pontville Witherslack Group St.Julie'sHighSchool #AutismAcceptanceWeek LivPaC Sefton PCF

To promote awareness & acceptance of #autism. JOIN OUR PLEDGE #wesupportalderheysautismpledge 🏥 Alder Hey 💙 National Autistic Society ADDvanced Solutions Community Network Alder Hey ACE Staff Network St.Julie'sHighSchool Maricourt Catholic High School Sefton Carers Centre YPAS Liverpool Autism Initiatives LivPaC Sefton PCF @glk_rcn Alder Hey Youth Forum Witherslack Group TRANSFORM

Alder Hey's ASD Team are Celebrating #AutismAcceptanceWeek #AutismAwareness 🏥 Alder Hey 💙 National Autistic Society ADDvanced Solutions Community Network Alder Hey ACE Staff Network St.Julie'sHighSchool Maricourt Catholic High School Sefton Carers Centre YPAS Liverpool Autism In Motion Autism Initiatives Witherslack Group LivPaC Sefton PCF @glk_rcn PDA Society Alder Hey Youth Forum

With thanks to everyone who has got involved Maricourt Catholic High School St.Julie'sHighSchool Witherslack Group LivPaC Sefton PCF 🏥 Alder Hey 💙 AutismEducationTrust PDA Society YPAS Liverpool Chasing the Stigma Liverpool City Council Sefton Council Alder Hey ACE Staff Network National Autistic Society Sefton CAMHS and Sefton MHST @ Alder Hey ADDvanced Solutions Community Network AlderHey Community Speech & Language TherapySefton

Many thanks to our schools and young people that got involved to share what #Autism means to them and what they wish people know and understood about Autism Maricourt Catholic High School Pontville Witherslack Group St.Julie'sHighSchool #AutismAcceptanceWeek LivPaC Sefton PCF

To promote awareness & acceptance of #autism. JOIN OUR PLEDGE #wesupportalderheysautismpledge 🏥 Alder Hey 💙 National Autistic Society ADDvanced Solutions Community Network Alder Hey ACE Staff Network St.Julie'sHighSchool Maricourt Catholic High School Sefton Carers Centre YPAS Liverpool Autism Initiatives LivPaC Sefton PCF @glk_rcn Alder Hey Youth Forum Witherslack Group TRANSFORM

To promote awareness & acceptance of #autism. JOIN OUR PLEDGE #wesupportalderheysautismpledge 🏥 Alder Hey 💙 National Autistic Society ADDvanced Solutions Community Network Alder Hey ACE Staff Network St.Julie'sHighSchool Maricourt Catholic High School Sefton Carers Centre YPAS Liverpool Autism Initiatives LivPaC Sefton PCF @glk_rcn Alder Hey Youth Forum Witherslack Group TRANSFORM

Alder Hey's ASD Team are Celebrating #AutismAcceptanceWeek #AutismAwareness 🏥 Alder Hey 💙 National Autistic Society ADDvanced Solutions Community Network Alder Hey ACE Staff Network Maricourt Catholic High School Sefton Carers Centre YPAS Liverpool Autism In Motion Autism Initiatives Witherslack Group LivPaC Sefton PCF @glk_rcn PDA Society Alder Hey Youth Forum

Alder Hey's ASD Team would like to thankyou for all your support this week. We leave you with this amazing poem written by one of our autistic young people 🏥 Alder Hey 💙 National Autistic Society ADDvanced Solutions Community Network St.Julie'sHighSchool Maricourt Catholic High School YPAS Liverpool Witherslack Group LivPaC Sefton PCF Alder Hey Youth Forum

This is Georgia, an ASD Specialist Practitioner on the ASD Pathway. Visual description: A white woman with curly brown hair in a black top speaks and signs. The words 'Alder Hey Children's Hospital NHS TRUST' and an infinity symbol saying 'Autism' are on a purple background.

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