Later this month, the Autism Reference Group for Leeds will meet online. It is a forum for autistic adults living in Leeds to have their say on what local services should do for them. The meeting will be chaired by an autistic adult and is free to attend. The Group feeds into the Leeds Adult … More Autism Reference Group to meet online this May
The next Leeds Autism AIM Coproduction Group will look at a prototype for a new health app for children and young people. It has been made for West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership by mHabitat. The app aims to help them communicate their needs and overcome barriers when accessing healthcare and other services. … More Coproduction Group to look at health app prototype
Leeds Autism AIM have worked with local health and mental health services to produce a combined Health Passport for autistic adults in Leeds. We made a draft version with: Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust’s Learning Disability and Autism Team Leeds Autism Diagnostic Service (LADS), part of the Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Leeds … More Autism Health Passport: Share your thoughts
As part of a week-long series of events led by Forum Central and the William Merritt Disabled Living Centre, we at Leeds Autism AIM will be putting together a series of blog posts and short videos. These will be stories from autistic adults in the Leeds area about their experiences during the Coronavirus pandemic. Coronavirus: … More Coronavirus: Autistic Voices – share your experience of the pandemic
Due to local restrictions that were imposed on Friday 25th September 2020 by Leeds City Council, the Lovell Park Hub, where we would normally hold drop-in and appointment-only sessions, will remain closed for the foreseeable future. The restrictions that were put in place are because of the rising Coronavirus infection rate in Leeds. You can … More Lovell Autism Hub remains closed for foreseeable future
Leeds Autism AIM are running a Coproduction Group for autistic people in the Leeds area to help put together and suggest improvements to some of our resources. The group will be held online. In the group, we will look at some draft copies of new resources we are adding to our COVID-19 toolkit. We would … More New AIM Coproduction Group to meet online this month
The next Autism Reference Group meeting will be held online again. The group is a forum for autistic adults in Leeds to feed into the Leeds Adult Autism Partnership Board. Its aim is to provide autistic adults with an opportunity to share their views on what services in the Leeds area should do for them. … More Autism Reference Group to meet online in early September
After our first session earlier this month, Leeds Autism AIM will be holding another Women-Aligned Group meeting on Zoom in August. The session will be led by one of our staff team and one of our volunteers – both are autistic women. It is open to autistic cisgender and trans women in the Leeds area. … More Women-Aligned Group back on Zoom this August
As part of a week of online Pride events organised by Leeds-based charities, Leeds Autism AIM are putting together a video compilation. It aims to share stories of LGBTQ+ people in the Leeds area who are also neurodivergent. Neurodivergent conditions include: Autism (including diagnoses of Asperger’s Syndrome) Dyslexia Dyspraxia Dyscalculia ADHD Tourette’s Syndrome The video … More LGBTQ+ and Neurodivergent? Share your stories for Virtual Pride event
Today, Thursday 18th June, is Autistic Pride Day. It is an occasion that is celebrated by many autistic people worldwide and was coined by the Aspies For Freedom forum in 2005. To mark it this year, our Information Officer Luke Aylward talks about how having a majority-autistic staff team is integral to keeping our service … More How autistic staff keep AIM going
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