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Free SuperValu Home Delivery to the Autism Community for April!

By / March 20, 2019 / Accessibility, Announcement, Family Life, Featured News, Opportunity

AsIAm are delighted to partner with SuperValu, the first food retailer in Ireland to introduce Autism Friendly Shopping evenings, to launch a new initiative for April to make shopping easier and more inclusive for the autism community. AsIAm and SuperValu are continuously working on making shopping Autism Friendly and creating more inclusive communities, through projects …

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Our Week Online – 17/3/2019

By / March 17, 2019 / Accessibility, Arts and Culture, Education, Exams, Featured News, Our Week Online

Welcome to Our Week Online. In what has been a very busy news week, we’ve picked out autism and disability stories, some part of these wider events, some that may have slipped under your radar. In the very first installment of Our Week Online, we shared a story of a 2016 shooting of a black …

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Interview – Kate Heffernan and Aisling O’Gorman, Peat @ The Ark

By / March 12, 2019 / Accessibility, Arts and Culture, Family Life, Featured News, Interviews, Professional

The Ark Cultural Centre for Children presents Peat, a brand new theatre show for ages 8+ by Kate Heffernan and directed by Tim Crouch, which runs until March 31. Relaxed performances of Peat, aimed at children on the autism spectrum or with sensory sensitivities, take place on Thursday 14 March at 10.15am and Saturday 16 …

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Winter Pantomime Relaxed Performances 2018

By / December 17, 2018 / Accessibility, Arts and Culture, Event, Family Life, Featured News, Holidays

The annual Christmas pantomime is a festive tradition for many families in Ireland (oh yes it is!… Sorry.). In recent years some pantomimes and shows have started putting on relaxed or autism-friendly performances for families with special needs, so they can join in on the fun alongside their peers! A relaxed performance is a theatre …

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National Autism Conference 2018 Speaker Presentations

By / November 27, 2018 / Accessibility, Conference 2018, Featured News

It’s been a month since our National Autism Conference in October, and we’ve received wonderful feedback from attendees, the livestream audience, and our fantastic speakers. We’ve already started planning National Autism Conference 2019, and hope to see you there next year! In the meantime, some of our speakers have kindly given us their presentations from …

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Our Week Online – 11/11/2018

By / November 19, 2018 / Accessibility, Arts and Culture, Employment, Featured News, Government, Mental Health, Our Week Online, Research, Social Stories

It’s Sunday, winter has definitely arrived, and there’s only six weeks to Christmas! Welcome to Our Week Online. Six autistic secondary pupils in Co. Kildare finally started school this week, nine weeks since the beginning of the academic year, after the completion of their school’s new autism unit was delayed. In the United States, midterm …

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Autism Friendly Santa School

By / October 23, 2018 / Accessibility, Event, Family Life, Featured News, Holidays, Opportunity, Retail

*Due to the huge amount of inquiries we have had about our Autism Friendly Santa Training, we have decided to open up this event to include parents and carers. We’ll be delivering tips on how to prepare your child and family for an Autism Friendly Christmas!* Calling all of Santa’s helpers! Christmas is such an …

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Research Opportunity: Building Inclusive Healthcare for People with Autism, NUI Galway

By / November 2, 2018 / Accessibility, Featured News, Healthcare, Medical, Opportunity, Research, Research Listings

AsIAm.ie is delighted to share this research opportunity with our users. If you are interested in taking part please read the information below and contact Chloe Walsh at chloe.walsh@nuigalway.ie. The School of Medicine, NUI Galway are seeking participants for a research study which aims to improve healthcare for people on the autism spectrum. Adults who are …

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National Autism Conference 2018 – Autism Welcoming Venue and Experience

By / October 16, 2018 / Accessibility, Communication, Conference 2018, Featured News, Sensory Processing, Social Anxiety, Socialising

National Autism Conference is less than a week away, in the Grand Hotel, Malahide, Dublin, this Saturday. Attendees will receive an email with all the information they need to know on the day, and in addition during the week we’ll post updates about the Conference here on our website. Today, we’d like you to know …

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The Clonakilty Commitment – Training Week!

By / October 3, 2018 / Accessibility, Autism Accreditation, Autism Experience Exhibition, Community Voices, Event, Featured News

The town of Clonakilty in Co. Cork has undertaken a commitment to become fully Autism Friendly – a first for anywhere in Ireland. Over the last four months the AsIAm team have been working with the entire community to achieve official Autism Friendly Accreditation, kindly supported by SuperValu. To do this the town as a …

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