If you're on the autism spectrum & find it difficult to speak on the phone, did you know you can use an app to contact 999 in an emergency? Please RT! npaa.org.uk/using-an-app-t…

UPCOMING TRAINING: Autistic Experiences of Pregnancy, Childbirth & Early Parenting This 3-week online course is aimed at professionals supporting autistic women and non-binary people during pregnancy, childbirth and early parenting 5th - 19th March eventbrite.co.uk/e/autistic-exp…

Had a great day delivering keynote and workshop for SWAN at the NHS Lothian 2024 Equality and Diversity Conference today on Autistic Wellbeing at Work

We are exploring the experience of receiving and facilitating FBT for bulimia or anorexia with Autistic young people via interviews. If you are parent/carer who has been part of FBT with your Autistic child in past 3 years there is more info here edinburgh.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8w…

Autistic joy. My favourite feeling in the world. 🩵

We're really looking forward to our webinar tomorrow with Lead Scotland The internet has changed dating, and many online scams are romance scams. How can we make connections safely with people online? Join us- Thursday 12:30-13:30 eventbrite.co.uk/e/792990755697…

Are you interested in creating a more neuro-inclusive workplace? SWAN Training: Supporting Autistic Wellbeing at Work Monday 22nd April 10:00-13:00 eventbrite.co.uk/e/773597660427…

Neurodiversity may not be as widely accepted within racialised communities for several reasons: 1.Lack of Awareness: There may be limited awareness and understanding of neurodiversity within racialised communities due to cultural, linguistic, or educational barriers.

Really enjoyed hosting this last night and hearing from Autistic & Living the Dream - Katie Munday such great discussions! Looking forward to welcoming next months speaker Emily♡ who is coming to talk about her new book 'Girl Unmasked' - There are still spaces available eventbrite.co.uk/e/858714858257…

It's been such a busy month! It was great to spend some time delivering training with the team at Lochaber Hope and speaking on their fantastic monthly podcast focused on mental health and wellbeing in the highlands swanscotland.org/news/talking-h…

Really looking forward to chatting to Emily♡ all about her new book at SWAN webinar on 18th April! bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

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Wonderful valuable resources, thank you TheAutisticAdvocate Amy Pearson Monique Botha is actually they/them 🤷🏻‍♀️ (Free open access downloads) theautisticadvocate.com/an-autistic-gu…

Our peer reviewed article on Autistic experiences of menopause and midlife now published! Autistic Researcher [email protected] Rose Matthews Miranda Brady Julie Turner-Cobb Autism Journal journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…

Comments crisis team told Fern: "If you wanted to kill yourself you'd already be dead." "If you are phoning us then you aren't really suicidal as you are asking for help." "If you want to kill yourself that's your choice." "What do you expect us to do about it?" #JusticeForFern

Great article for Maternal Mental Health Week by Jasmin Wertz Lydia Auffermann and Emmett Christie exploring burnout for neurodivergent parents

super excited about today....thinking about collaborative change for ED services and research within and between Autistic people with lived experience of ED's, clinicians, researchers and third sector in collaboration with SupportED Autism Initiatives and NAITScotland

There are only a small number of spaces remaining in our June wellbeing webinar 'Being PDA' with guest speaker SallyCat (facebook.com/SallyCatPDA) for more info and booking head to eventbrite.co.uk/e/912351717547…

Good morning, We are looking for neurodivergent artists who want to show the world their work. Here's one of our resident autistic artist, Ryan's latest pieces. This one is not for sale clubmerchandise.org/the-greatest-f… Ambitious about Autism

Not long now until our ‘increasing understanding of autism’ session on 5th September and there are now tickets starting at £10 alongside our limited free and donation tickets for friends families and allies of autistic individuals