Celebrate the positives of being autistic with our Autistic Young Experts! Autistic Young Experts, Georgia, Ollie and Sam, talk about their positives of being autistic and how their ways of thinking bring a fresh perspective to the world.

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Autism is a difference, not a deficit. Check out this video by The Autism Education Trust highlighting strengths and differences within the autistic community.

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'Amazing Things Happen' by Alexander Amelines. Alexander’s film gives an uplifting introduction to autism for young non-autistic audiences, aiming to raise awareness, understanding and tolerance in future generations.

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Dive into the world of autism with this eye-opening video. Let's #UnderstandMore about how autistic individuals experience the world.

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Over the next two weeks we'll be sharing a range of video resources ahead of #WorldAutismAcceptanceWeek !

Stay tuned for inspiring videos and resources. #AutismAwareness #Inclusion #Neurodiversity #WAAW24

Sujeet Jaydeokar CWP CAMHS CANDDID Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT ChrisWee Ken Courtenay steven hackett Amazing work, well done to all the young people involved in this project and everyone who has supported them. Your voices are being heard 🌟

I would highly recommend our colleagues from NHS England Ken Courtenay to watch and use these films. Thanks to all those amazing young people, family carers, and staff Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT Ben Toan CWP CAMHS

Thank you so much for helping us produce such a brilliant video series, it wouldn't have been possible without you and the other amazing young people!

Humbling to hear everyone’s experiences and a big thank you to everyone involved. A really important learning tool to help everyone advocate for a society that better works for autistic people. Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT Cheshire East Council CANDDID CWP CAMHS NHS England

A huge thank you to the young carers, parent carers, clinicians and professionals who made the 'Hear my voice' films possible. Tim Welch Cheshire East Council

A really lovely surprise award ceremony for all of the young people involved in the 'Hear my voice' film premiere with Tim Welch and The Mayor of Cheshire East Council Councillor Rod Fletcher

The 'Hear my voice' film premiere is underway. We're showcasing 5 films, examining various techniques for preventing and managing a crisis from the perspective of young children, parent carers, and young carers. Thank you Tim Welch for officially getting us underway.

Still processing everything Claire Schmidlin . Thank you CANDDID for hosting another fascinating conference. #Autism #community #NHS
Lots of information shared about important, exciting and groundbreaking research 🙏🏽 a fab way to end British Science Week BSA Communities

And we are at the end of another very thought provoking and ideas generating conference. ⁦Sujeet Jaydeokar⁩ providing the final summation and closing remarks #CANDDIDConf24 ⁦Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT⁩ ⁦CWP CAMHS⁩ ⁦CANDDID⁩ ⁦Isla Wilson⁩ ⁦⁦Faouzi Alam⁩

Really thought provoking day at CANDDID conference today! Food for thought #learningdisability #autism #adhd #neurodiversity

Thank you for the invitation Mahesh Odiyoor CANDDID Sujeet Jaydeokar. it was such a great conference. Really stimulating talks at the interface of research and practice.

That's a wrap for another year, thank you Prof Sujeet Jaydeokar from CANDDID and Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT for closing today's conference. 

If you would like to learn more about CANDDID please visit our website canddid.nhs.uk 

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