Wearing a face covering to help reduce the spread of coronavirus is now a compulsory requirement in shops and when using public transport in England, but there are some exemptions that may be helpful for autistic people who find it hard to use a mask. The official guidance says that children aged under 11 and people
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Autism Berkshire is launching two new online bite-sized autism advice workshops next week to help parents and carers and their families while the coronavirus shutdown continues. The workshops, which will first take place on Thursday, June 18, are: Understanding Food Refusal in autistic children and young people: A brand new workshop, which is available for
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As a result of our experiences of providing workshops, virtual Home Visits and other support online during the coronavirus pandemic, we are planning to offer them in future alongside face-to-face services. A number of the people taking part have told us that, due to normal family or work commitments, they found it difficult to access
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New online video autism advice workshops and support groups that we launched last week have proved popular and our helpline and benefits services are still available, but we want to know if there are other ways we can help during the coronavirus lockdown. We have created a quick online survey, that takes just a few
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Autism Berkshire is launching a programme of online autism advice workshops and support groups to help parents and carers and their families while the coronavirus shutdown continues. The new online services that will be available from Monday, April 20, include bite-sized versions of our regular autism advice workshops about Meeting Sensory Needs and Managing Anger, using
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During the coronavirus shutdown, we are posting lots of links to information and ideas for things that families can do at home on our Facebook and Twitter pages. We have now compiled these links on two new pages in the Information and Advice section on our website and will keep updating the pages with more
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Our Benefits Service advisers Kevin Jackson and Carrie Steers are still available to help autistic people and their families with applications and appeals during the coronavirus shutdown. As they cannot meet clients face-to-face at our office in Reading or at Shelter’s office in Slough for the time being, they are offering advice by phone and
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The NHS in Berkshire has asked us to share the following information about services for children and young people with additional needs and their families during the coronavirus pandemic: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust’s CAMHS, Neurodiversity and all-age Eating Disorders services are working hard to ensure that they can continue to provide care and support to
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Following further updates to the Government advice about measures to help contain the coronavirus and closures of leisure centres and schools, Autism Berkshire is halting all its social and leisure activities until further notice. This means that the following services are suspended until official advice about the coronavirus changes and the facilities that we use for
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Following the Government’s revised advice about measures to help contain the coronavirus, Autism Berkshire is taking the following steps: – Our staff will be working from home for the time being. If you need to get in touch with us for advice about autism, please email our family support team at contact@autismberkshire.org.uk and for benefits advice,
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Problem-solving & advice meet-up for autistic adults and their parents/carers – Reading
Monday, 20th May, 2024, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pmAtrium coffee shop, Greyfriars Church, Reading - Friar Street Reading Berkshire RG1 1EH
Art in the Summer: workshops for autistic adults
Monday, 20th May, 2024, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pmBeech Lodge School, Maidenhead - Stubbings Lane, Maidenhead, SL6 6QL
197 Club – Bowling in Wokingham
Monday, 20th May, 2024, 6:30 pm - 9:00 pmWokingham Superbowl - Wellington Road, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG40 2NJ
Job opportunity with Autism Berkshire and Graft Thames Valley
Friday, 17th May, 2024
Revised workshops for parents & carers of autistic adults on way
Monday, 13th May, 2024
More free advice workshops for autistic adults on way
Monday, 15th April, 2024
