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11 More Autism Friendly Towns Announced With SuperValu

By / September 24, 2019 / Autism, Autism Friendly Town, Community Support, Featured News

AsIAm is happy to today announce an additional 11 towns on the journey to becoming autism-friendly. This will advance our national campaign in partnership with SuperValu. The towns include Clane, Bray, Greystones, Wicklow Town, New Ross, Skerries, Lucan, Castlebar, Mallow, Listowel and Tralee. In conjunction with the announcement, a survey we conducted showed that presently, …

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AsIAm Community Seminar: Autism and Sibshops 11/09/2019

By / October 10, 2019 / Community Support, Family Life, Healthcare, Medical, Meltdowns, Mental Health, Support Group, Supports

Michael opened the night and introducing our two presenters, Liz Fitzpatrick & Linda Foley. Linda and Liz  are Founders of Sibshop Ireland and both are Registered Nurse. Additionally, Liz Fitzpatrick is a Montessori teacher.  Liz began by outlining growing networks of services for autism. She even spoke of the growing social networks of parents, but …

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Community Voices: Autism and Bullying

By / August 28, 2019 / Autism, Behaviour, Communication, Community Support, Community Voices, Featured News, Parenting, Secondary School, Social Imagination, Social Interaction, Socialising

Hello all. If you haven’t seen our previous interview with Neil Kenny, I’d recommend checking it out. I was inspired to do something on bullying and autism due to the tragic suicide of Joel Langford. As well as expert insight such as Kenny’s, I wanted to demonstrate more personal accounts which stress the impact bullying …

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Limerick Launches First Autism Friendly Intreo Office

By / August 29, 2019 / Community Support, Employment, Government, Meltdowns, Mental Health, Sensory, Social Anxiety, Social Interaction, Uncategorized

July saw the launch of Ireland’s first autism friendly Intreo Office. Intreo Offices, a crucial part of DEASP (Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection) services, are the first point of contact for anyone wishing to avail of the department’s assistance. Denise Houlihan is the organiser of the DEASP  Limerick Autism Initiative: which promises to …

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AsIAm Community Seminar: Transitioning to College- 07/08/2019

By / October 10, 2019 / Community Support

On Wednesday we had the latest of our community support seminars in Galway. Michael opened the evening and then gave the floor to the capable hands of Billy Redmond. Billy began by explaining his past experience as a Home Economics teacher, gradually specialising in more counselling-based work. He revealed that he is currently on career …

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Autism and Education: Riley O’Keefe

By / August 29, 2019 / Community Support, Education, Family Life, Featured News, Parenting, Primary School, Schools

Mark O’Keefe, celebrity hairdresser and owner of the Sugar Club, made headlines last week in his heartfelt letter to his five-year old son Riley. Riley received an autism diagnosis two and a half years ago, and has so far been unsuccessful in gaining a school place. Last Friday I sat down with Riley’s parents, Mark …

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AsIAm and Supervalu’s Corporate Charity Partnership Earns Award

By / August 29, 2019 / Autism Friendly Town, Community Support, Featured News, Sensory, Supports, Video

Coming ahead of some stiff competition, AsIAm and Supervalu have won the Corporate Charity Partnership of the Year award. AsIAm and SuperValu have a strong partnership in supporting communities to become autism-friendly. Our partnership has seen the roll-out of Autism-Friendly Shopping in over 100 SuperValu stores across Ireland. This is supplemented with  the development of …

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What We Learned – Parent Wellness and Self-Care

By / March 20, 2019 / Community Support, Coping Skills, Family Life, Featured News, Parenting, Stress

Last week we held our Community Support event in Tipperary on Parent Well-Being and Self-Care. Thank you to those of you who were able to come, but if you couldn’t make it, don’t worry! We have some of the key points summarised below, as well as live streams from the event – Part One and …

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Community Support Update and FAQs

By / April 2, 2019 / Community Support, Featured News
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We want to give you all an update on our Community Support seminars so far! We’ve held five events around the country, with really positive feedback coming from each, which we’re so grateful for. As Michael, our Community Support Officer who organises these events says, “We’re not homeward bound yet but we’re on the racecourse!” …

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What We Learned – Autism and Play: Promises and Possibilities

By / February 21, 2019 / Community Support, Education, Family Life, Featured News, Parenting
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On Monday evening we held our Community Support event in Co. Limerick on Autism and Play. We were so grateful to see so many of you there! If you were unable to attend, we have taken note of some of the key information. Feel free to watch the live stream of the event above or …

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