SKY Autism Support

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Parent’s Evening

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

Ryan and Andrew

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!  

Smores and More!

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.

Working with our youth to complete the risk assessment!

Marshmallows by candlelight!

Steph and Noah enjoying their smores!

Litter-picking and Archery Fun

Litter-picking around the Malvern Vale

This week, our social groups joined forces with Paul Edwards from Platform Housing, to help our community with local litter-picks.

Our 10-15s Sky Autism Support Group went litter picking around the Malvern Vale Community Centre, which was followed up with some indoor archery afterwards! Some incredible “joined up” community work!!!

Indoor Archery

Our 16+ group met at Wetherspoons and found that, Great Malvern was considerably quite clean! Some of our guys stayed inside, enjoying a few games and a lot of laughter!

16+ Litter Pick – 13.10.2021

So much litter!!

It’s so lovely to be serving the community, whilst also having fun and building social skills together!!

Job Opportunities

Current vacancies: –

Job Title: Co-lead – Sessional Youth Worker

  • Facilitate in the planning, preparation and running of a range of group work activities (such as physical activities, outings, and mentally stimulating group activities).
  • To engage with young people and build positive relationships with them using effective communication and listening skills. To disclose any relevant concerns to the Lead – Sessional Youth Worker.
  • Work efficiently within a team to facilitate smooth and enjoyable groups sessions.
  • Attend and complete all essential training (Safeguarding, Basic Autism Training, etc) within the appointed timeframes.
  • Maintain confidentiality regarding young peoples’ personal and sensitive information.
  • Attend and contribute in regular meetings including supervision which comprise of session planning, morale, updates, etc.
  • Maintain flexibility to complete other duties/training reasonably requested by your Lead – Sessional Youth Worker.
  • Adhere to all policies and work in adherence with the Equality Act 2010 which prohibits discrimination of any kind.
  • All offers of employment are subject to and conditional upon a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

Please email ruth.skyautism@gmail.com for further information

Daisy: Me and My Cooking

Daisy is a member of our Women’s Group and has kindly written this blog post for us.

My Name is Daisy. I said that I would never go back to college. However, surprisingly, I went back to college to study professional catering in September 2020. I am unsure still of my main ambition, but I know my passion does not involve becoming a chef.

I love to look at the odd recipe and put my own spin on it (adapt it). My dyslexia has given me this advantage in the kitchen as I don’t like to read recipes. That is why I love to think outside the box and make up my own.

What got me interested in Cooking, making up my own recipes and adapting them, is my intolerance to lots of different foods. i.e. sugars, gluten, dairy to name a few.

I started my own YouTube channel (@Daisy Merle) and Instagram (@DaisyMerle4) in attempt to find a way of showing children how fun and easy cooking/baking can be, and to really challenge myself to see where it could take me.

People face numerous amounts of rejection and obstacles throughout their journey to achieving their main goal in life, myself included. My YouTube channel was not easy and was a learning curve for me, as I had to learn to edit videos and to cook and speak clear instructions, all whilst in front of a camera. I am still learning and am very hopeful that one day, I will achieve something big with this.

If you are passionate about something, the most important thing, is to Never give up. Furthermore, when it comes to improving, it is vital that you never stop trying and persevering. This is what I do with my recipes. 

The only way to find the perfect recipe in my eyes, is to never stop experimenting with new ideas. Even if a specific recipe of yours does not work out. Keep trying and you might be surprised.

Unlike other people with food intolerances that I know, I have never really felt limited by the  variety of  foods I can eat. I feel that staying off gluten and sugar  , have  helped my Autism symptoms. Now when people come over to eat who can’t eat certain foods I have to think on my feet and adapt recipes to fit their needs.

Never give up on your child as they might surprise you, I would have never thought I could eat the variety of  foods that I do. When I was  a child all I really ate was rice cakes or baked beans no greens or vegetables. This is the opposite of what I eat now.

I will continue to consider ways to adapt recipes so that people with allergies, food intolerances, children/people of all ages and with other challenges such as autism, Parkinson’s, or cerebral palsy etc., can experience the joy of cooking and feeling NO limitation when it comes to enjoying a meal.

Find out more about me via my YouTube channel & Instagram and to get involved, Click Below…

YouTube: Daisy Merle – YouTube

Instagram: Daisy Merle (@daisymerle4)