In this video, I go into how to support autistic people after autism awareness month. With World Autism Awareness Week 2021 falling in April, it got me thinking about the general public and how to support autistic people throughout the course of the year, not just during world autism awareness month. So with this in mind, I came up with a few ideas on how to support autistic people in general but for loved ones.
Our favourite week is quickly approaching us, and with your help we can make it the biggest World Autism Awareness Week yet. To help inspire you, your friends and family, we’ve shared below some ways of getting involved. Take a look!
It only takes a few minutes to sign up, and in return you will also receive Chris Packham’s sweepstake poster, Anne Hegerty’s fiendishly difficult quiz and loads of fundraising tips! It’s a no-brainer.
World Autism Awareness Week
The UK National Police Autism Association (NPAA) is delighted to announce our programme for World Autism Awareness Week, from 26th March to 2nd April 2018. Pioneered by the National Autistic Society, WAAW is a chance aims to put a spotlight on the hurdles that people with autism – and others living with autism – face every day.
This year we will be focusing on the staff who work in policing in the UK who either have a diagnosis themselves or who have friends and family on the autism spectrum. We have guest blogs from police officers who have autism, and we’ll be publishing an article from JPMorgan Chase, a great example of an innovative autism-friendly employer. We’ll be putting up new blogs throughout they week, and we will be active on Twitter and other social media. Look for us using the hashtag #WAAW.
Autism awareness has come a long way, but there’s still more to be done. We want policing to be seen as a career of choice for autistic people by highlighting the significant contribution made by those with autism to keep people safe. We also want to help the autistic community as a whole to better understand the role of the police, to ensure that autistic people have a positive experience when they come into contact with us.
About us: The NPAA is an independent body supporting UK police officers, staff and volunteers who are affected by autism spectrum condition (ASC), Asperger syndrome, and other neurodiverse conditions such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD and depression – either personally or as carers for family members. We welcome all police personnel with a personal or professional interest in these conditions.
Autism & Asperger’s: What’s The Difference? Do you agree?
From the National Autistic Society
1) To spread the word far and wide about autism
World Autism Awareness Day is an internationally recognised day for bringing autism to the forefront of people’s consciousness throughout the world, taking place on 2 April.
Every year, in the week leading up to this day, we encourage people to take part in World Autism Awareness Week – a full seven days where schools, workplaces and individuals, their families and friends all over the UK are taking part in activities to raise money and awareness for The National Autistic Society.
2) To raise as much money as possible to support autistic people
We’ve come a long way in raising autism awareness, but there’s still more to be done until everyone understands autism. We need the public’s support to raise vital funds to continue running campaigns like Too Much Information, training and sharing knowledge with professionals working with autistic people, and so much more.
3) To support better education for autistic children and young people
Supporting autistic children is also about educating other pupils to better understand and help their classmates. Schools can sign up for a free fundraising guide and age-specific lesson plans to help schools teach about autism. The money our fantastic supporters has raised in previous years has even helped us campaign to ensure that every trainee teacher in England will receive training in autism from this September.
4) To walk through the night
Night Walks for Autism is the big lead up event to World Autism Awareness Week. There will be over 1,000 night walkers taking to the streets of London, Manchester, Glasgow and Bristol on 17 March 2018 to raise money in support of their daughters, sons, mums, dads, brothers, sisters, colleagues, friends… and we can’t thank them enough.
It was a sold out event last year so secure your place and sign up today.
5) An excuse to wear a Oneise!
Download our fundraising guide to find out about Onesie Wednesday’s return!
6) To bake like you’ve never baked before!
Here’s a new challenge – bake a cake for every day of World Autism Awareness Week and ask for donations from your colleagues. Sign up to find out more ideas of how to raise money at work.
We have a free autism quiz resource which is a fun way to raise money at work and means that you are teaching your colleagues about autism
7) To keep teaching, working and fundraising until everyone understands the 700,000 autistic people living in the UK
Read about our new event 7k for 700k, which is in support of the 700,000!
Autism and Social Anxiety
Please help us raise awareness of autism by sharing this brilliant video from invisible i where she explains the difference between social anxiety and autism.
Thnaks!
