Helpful resources in Scotland

Some info on the Strathclyde Autistic Societ/Autism Resource Centre

Address:  Suite 4, Abercromby Business Centre, 279 Abercromby Street, Glasgow, G40 2DD

Phone:  0141 201 6239

email:  Graham.Anderson@no-smtp.glasgow.gov.uk

Family Support Services

Whale of a Time - last Thursday of the month 6 pm - 7.30 pm.  Contact Society for further info.

Scotstoun Leisure Centre - Sports Club for 9-15 year olds every Thursday

Parents Support Group - NAS.  City Inn, Finneston.  Last Tuesday of the Month  Phone 0141 221 8090 for details

Autism Helpline.  Monday to Friday 10 am - 4 pm (NAS 0845 070 4004)

Playscheme - Summer Holidays (6 weeks) and October week.  Takes place at Middlefield School, Hyndland.  Contact Susan Dolan on 07870 899327 for more details

Home support service - providing needs led support to families, giving them much needed respite while the child/family member accesses suitable activities with our fully trained staff.

Karen Watt is the Family Support Worker.   Any queries about the above services or any other questions should be addressed to Karen on 07989 548377.

Josie - Community Champion

While hunting around for other info  I found this rather ingenious set up on the NAS website where you can do a search for whatever service your are looking for and input either your postcode or location and it will come up with what is available in your area.   Very clever!!!

It's here:

 http://www.autism.org.uk/en-gb/directory.aspx

Josie - Community Champion

Hi All

Received this e-mail this evening from Strathclyde Autism Society re the Autism Bill Scotland.

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Hello folks,
The Autism Bill (Scotland) is now at a crucial stage in its progress through the Scottish Parliament and is not yet guaranteed a safe passage into law until it passes the Committee stage and the only way for this to happen is if as many people as possible demonstrate their support for it NOW, so please consider submitting written evidence of your own experiences, either individually or as a group - as parents, family members, carers or individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
You can write to express the difficulties that you or your child or adult family member are experiencing, including any support or service issues. You can write about the type of help that you need but don't already get and why the passage of the Autism (Scotland) Bill into law matters to you and to other people with ASD.
The deadline for submitting a written response is the 8th October, which is only a month away, so please don't delay in responding, either individually or as a group.
If you do want to submit written evidence to the Parliament regarding the Bill, there is a guide available in pdf format (see below), which I have attached to this email. If, after reading the guide, you still need help formulating and submitting a response, please contact Raemond Charles or Robert MacBean at The National Autistic Society Scotland office in Glasgow (tel: 0141 221 8090).

Best wishes,
Elizabeth
Elizabeth Finnen
Information & Education Officer - Autism Resource Centre
Autism Resource Centre,
Suite 4,
Abercromby Business Centre,
279 Abercromby Street,
Glasgow
G40 2DD

Tel: 0141 276 7182

PLEASE READ THE MESSAGE BELOW FROM MY COLLEAGUE RAEMOND CHARLES AT THE NATIONAL AUTISTIC SOCIETY REGARDING THE SUBMISSION OF WRITTEN EVIDENCE TO THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE THAT IS CURRENTLY CONSIDERING THE BILL

From: Raemond Charles
Sent: 02 September 2010 10:05

Subject: Autism (Scotland) Bill - We Need Your Help

Hello everyone,
The Autism (Scotland) Bill is now at a critical stage and we need your help.
As supporters of the Bill you have done an amazing job. The Bill is currently at the Committee stage and we now need to provide evidence to the Scottish Government to demonstrate why the Bill is necessary. To assist families, carers, and individuals who would like to support the Bill, we have produced a guide on how to prepare written evidence for submission. We really need to your help with this, so please take the time to read the guide (attached here) and use it to submit a response.

It would be really appreciated if you could please send this letter and the guide out to all of your contacts, families, supporters and anyone that you who may be interested in supporting the Bill, to enable as many people as possible to make a submission before the deadline. If you an unsure of anything, or would like to ask a question, then please do not hesitate to give either Robert MacBean or myself a call at The National Autistic Society Scotland (tel: 0141 221 8090) or send us an email (Raemond.Charles@nas.org.uk<mailto:Raemond.Charles@nas.org.uk>; Robert.McBean@nas.org.uk<mailto:Robert.McBean@nas.org.uk>).
Thanks for everything that you are doing. Without people like yourselves, we would not have got this far. If you need more information, copies of the report and everything else can be found at www.autism.org.uk/weexist<http://www.autism.org.uk/weexist>. The deadline for submitting evidence is the 8th October 2010.
Raemond
Raemond Charles
The National Autistic Society Scotland
1st Floor, Central Chambers
109 Hope Street
Glasgow G2 6LL
Tel: 0141 221 8090

 Link to Autism Bill Quick Guide:    https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=gmail&attid=0.1&thid=12af20c0793f8d8f&mt=application/pdf&url=https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui%3D2%26ik%3D88ed6a84c1%26view%3Datt%26th%3D12af20c0793f8d8f%26attid%3D0.1%26disp%3Dattd%26zw&sig=AHIEtbQM-B4NIQDbajBqc7478cTXK9aw9w&pli=1

CLOSE QUOTE

Josie - Community Champion