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We had a lovely session on the 20.01.2022, with an incredible discussion led by Jackie and Trudy!

Jackie shared a mountain of useful information, on how we meander the jungle of available support within our children’s school years and beyond. This included particularly helpful explanations of the jargon we encounter, the different services, waiting lists and battles.

A massive thank you from us at Sky for coming with such an abundance of helpful information!!!

The resources received and discussed can be found on our website under: – Resources

What a wonderful evening we had last night. We had lots of conversation and laughter whilst also enjoying food and many activities… entertaining origami, games of SCRABBLE and a couple of games of Old Maid too!

To enquire about joining us as an attendee or to support the charity, please email ruth@skyautismsupport.com

Our session on Tuesday was great fun! We had a nice and relaxed mix of activities going on, including Lego, sewing wee dogs, table football and we finished with a game or two of Wink Murder. Perfect as our guys re-adjust to school etc after the festive season!

When : – 20/01/2022 19.30

Where : – St Andrews Church Hall, Churchdown Road, Malvern, WR14 3JX

We generally meet about 7.15 for a cup of tea and nice chocolate biscuit and then start promptly at 7.30.

Jackie and Trudy plan to focus the meeting for parents going through diagnosis and all the issues around EHCP plans and SENCO’s and schooling etc.

But if you are not at that stage please still come along- we generally find we have plenty of helpful conversation- as we all have a child with autism and we share and understand that! 

We should have plenty of space – we will comply with the church rules on masks etc- but I don’t think you will find it too onerous

I hope to see you then. If you have any questions before hand please contact Ruth by email at: ruth.skyautism@gmail.com

With all best wishes for 2022 

Simon

Simon hosted a wonderful evening for SKY on the 11/11/2021!

We had the great pleasure of Ryan and Andrew sharing their experiences of running the London marathon! It was so heart-warming to hear a little of their life stories. Regardless of being diagnosed with ASD, they have certainly battled through and they have both achieved so very much!!

Andrew shared how he missed the development stage of crawling and had had to do a lot of therapy in order to improve his coordination and balance. Yet, he then proceeded to describe his experiences of successfully running a marathon! 

Ryan also made a wonderful point in relation to people with ASD and employment, that they have so much to offer the workplace; it’s a case of finding the right company with sufficient awareness.  This has certainly been the case for him and he is now working – and also studying at the same time!  

These evenings offer such a wonderful sense of optimism.  Simon’s final question to Andrew and Ryan was ‘How do you view the future?’  Both without hesitation said they were optimistic!  Their enthusiasm and determination to thrive in their lives was compelling. 

Our thanks go to Andrew and Ryan for being so honest and open, it was such a privilege to be with them!  

This week, our 10-17’s enjoyed a session planned by Steph, which included games and smore making fun! Our youth were incredible, helping us complete the risk assessment with lots of ideas and plenty of laughter.