Autism charities around the world took part in Autism Acceptance Week from Tuesday 2nd to Monday 8th April with the aim of increasing acceptance and creating a society that works for autistic adults, children, and their families.
Here at Autism Hampshire, it was all about you. We shared your experiences and heard how you've accepted autism in your lives.
We’d been speaking to parents, leaders and artists about what autism means to them. We think they're inspirational and hopefully you will too.
Did you support Autism Acceptance Week? Did your experience help others?
We have created a few ideas for people to share the acceptance by posting their support or experience on social media.
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Arts and crafts displays
Thanks to our partners at MAST Mayflower Studios and Southampton Art Gallery, there were two displays in the city centre celebrating Autism Acceptance Week.
The displays ran all week and were created by members of our Serendipity Community Groups.
Read more about the Southampton City Gallery exhibition here.
We also put up displays of your arts and crafts at our charity shop in Fareham and at our head office in Whiteley.
Let's talk about autism
On Friday 5th April, our expert external trainers took over our Facebook page to discuss autism.
Specialist trainers Dave Serpell-Stevens and Victoria Orsini drew on their own experiences to tackle those common questions.
A summary of the discussions is available here.
Let's get quizzy
Introducing our Serendipity Community Groups' special interest quiz.
We celebrated people's passions by pulling all of their special interests into a quiz. This was a chance to learn lots of fascinating new facts and maybe find a new fascination.
Explore the answers at the end. Did you discover something unexpected? Let us know! https://ow.ly/5Jve50R97XK
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