Our weekly hub sessions continue apace, and we have a few things planned for both Tuesdays and Fridays! Here is what we have on at the Lovell Hub next week: Lovell Autism Hub – Tuesday 23rd October – 3:30-7pm First, we are able to produce personalised resources until 5:30pm. These are available for any autistic … More What’s on at the Hubs this week – 23rd-27th October
This coming Saturday, the first day of our latest three-day volunteer autism mentor training course takes place. The first session covers autism awareness and is delivered by autistic adults. The course starts on Saturday 20th October and the first session runs from 10:30am to 4:30pm. Anyone wishing to become a mentor will also be offered … More Mentor training set for this Saturday
Our weekly drop-in welcomes guest speakers, whilst our now-weekly quiet session on Friday continues apace. Here is what we have planned for both of next week’s Hub sessions: Lovell Autism Hub – Tuesday 16th October – 3:30-7pm First at the Hub, the DWP will be in for employment advice from 3:30-5pm. This is on a … More What’s on at the Hubs this week – 16th-19th October
We have a new online survey asking for your views on the barriers to using public transport. The survey, which only takes a few minutes to complete, aims to find out what you would find useful when using buses, trains and other forms of public transport as an autistic person. The results from the survey … More Travelling while autistic: Have your say in our survey
Our weekly hub sessions have a couple of regular groups on next Tuesday, alongside all the usual peer support, advocacy and information for autistic adults in Leeds. Here’s what we have lined up: Lovell Autism Hub – Tuesday 9th October – 3:30-7pm First, we have the Leeds Autism Diagnostic Service (LADS) team in from 3:30-5pm. … More What’s on at the Hubs this week – 9th-12th October
The list of shops and services taking part in this year’s Autism Hour is confirmed. In Leeds, a range of retailers are holding at least one quiet hour between Saturday 6th October and Saturday 13th October for autistic shoppers. They will do such things as turn the lights down and turn background music off to … More Autism Hour 2018 in Leeds: Which shops are taking part?
Starting next Tuesday, we will be running a monthly gaming group led by autistic adults. The group will run on the first Tuesday of each month and will play games on the Nintendo Switch. The group will be run by an autistic volunteer. It will be open to autistic adults in Leeds with little or … More Autistic-led gaming group to start at Hub next week
Starting this week, our quieter Friday Hub session will run on a weekly basis. Our weekly drop-in Hub session on Tuesdays remains unaffected. Here’s what we have going on at both of them: Lovell Autism Hub – Tuesday 2nd October – 3:30-7pm First up, we have employment advice from the DWP between 3:30pm and 5pm. … More What’s on at the Hubs this week – 2nd-5th October
Knowing how to word emails and keep them simple doesn’t always come naturally. How to address people you wish to send a message to, sticking to the point and trying to strike the right tone can, at times, be difficult to master. To address these problems, autistic university lecturer Dr Sharon Elley has come up … More #AutisticLifeHacks – how to compose a simple email
We have a couple of sessions on next week at Lovell Park – our usual weekly drop-in and our fortnightly session for booked appointments. Here are our plans: Lovell Autism Hub – Tuesday 25th September – 3:30-7pm We are able to produce personalised resources between 3:30pm and 5:30pm. These can help you to say what … More What’s on at the Hubs this week – 25th-28th September
