Leeds Autism AIM Monthly Update: September 2021
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Hello and welcome to our latest monthly newsletter! In this update from Leeds Autism AIM, part of The Advonet Group, we have news on:
- Our monthly timetable of online groups
- The latest quarterly Autism Reference Group meeting
- Wishing Lesley well in her retirement
- Employment and wellbeing support from Specialist Autism Services
- Our Autism Health Access Project
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Online Groups timetable: September 2021
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First up this week, the latest quarterly Autism Reference Group is on from 4pm to 5:30pm. We're holding Peer Support Group sessions on the 7th and 21st, both from 6pm-7pm. Our Women-Aligned Group is on the 14th from 5:30pm-6:30pm.
Our Gaming Group on Discord will meet on the 28th, while our Coproduction Group is on the 30th from 5:30pm-7pm.
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Online Groups mailing list
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If you are interested in joining any of our groups, we have a mailing list with information on how to join. If you would like to sign up, please click on the link below.
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Autism Reference Group meeting to discuss National Autism Strategy
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The latest quarterly Leeds Autism Reference Group meeting will look at the new National Autism Strategy. The meeting takes place today from 4pm-5:30pm on Teams and is open to autistic adults living in the Leeds area. For more info on the meeting and how you can get involved, please click on the button below.
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Good luck to Lesley on her retirement
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Late last month, our long-serving Hub Advocate Lesley Trickett retired from her role. Lesley had worked with the AIM team for over five years, working as part of Advonet's First Contact Team and as a Parents Advocate with Leeds Advocacy before then.
Throughout her time with the AIM team, Lesley supported many people with advocacy issues, particularly around appealing benefits decisions. She was a big part of our service and will be sadly missed. Best of luck in your retirement, Lesley!
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Employment and wellbeing support from Specialist Autism Services
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Specialist Autism Services (SAS) are offering support around employment and wellbeing for autistic adults in Leeds and Bradford. Their Employment Hub covers steps toward getting into work, exploring employability and social skills.
SAS' health and wellbeing service is a six-month programme which includes building confidence and social skills, building links in the community and activities like cooking, exercise and art. To get more information, email their Employment team at employment@specialistautismservices.org.
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Autism Health Access Project:
Open for Referrals
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The Autism Health Access Project involves AIM working with the Light Surgery and Leeds Student Medical Practice's Local Care Partnership to help autistic people living near both surgeries to access healthcare services. It offers one-to-one peer support and can help you to give feedback on the surgeries' work and meet one-to-one to help communicate your healthcare needs.
If you are an autistic adult and are either registered with one of the surgeries or live nearby and want support from it, please fill in the referral form by clicking the button below.
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AIM's quarterly feedback survey
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Starting this month, we will be running feedback surveys every three months for anyone who has received support from Leeds Autism AIM. They are short, asking just a few questions on what service(s) you have accessed, what worked well and what can be improved.
If you would like to give feedback between now and the end of September, please click on the button below.
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Podcast talks autism, faith and poetry
A local autistic poet recently appeared in a podcast on BBC Sounds. ‘Wired Different: a window into Asperger’s’ is a BBC audio programme that discusses neurodivergence, poetry, religion and being human. It was co-created by Ella Frances Sanderson, who performs some of her poems for the podcast.
The programme includes some of Ella's most performed poems: Wired Different, Delete Her, Disability at Work and Washing Machine Brain. To listen, please click on the button below.
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Leeds For All 2021: Save date for IDODP event
A date has been set for this year's Leeds For All disability event, marking both International Day of Disabled People (IDODP) and Disability History Month.
Leeds For All will feature an in-person marketplace event will be held on Friday 3rd December at Leeds City Museum, while there will be a week-long programme of online and in-person events. These will be held by organisations working with disabled people in Leeds. For more information, please click on the button below.
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New Advonet Group website: Focus Group
The Advonet Group are holding a Focus Group meeting later this month to look at a live demo of their new-look website, developed by Bradford-based digital agency Totaal.
It will show how it could look and invites people to suggest how it should work. The Focus Group will meet on Monday 20th September from 2pm-3pm and is open to all citizens of Leeds. It will be held online.
Please click on the button below for further information about the Group and how you can get involved.
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