Cambridge NAS Branch December Newsletter
Welcome
The Cambridge NAS Branch wishes you all a happy and peaceful Christmas and new year.
The Branch helpline (07920 150407) will be open over the Christmas period (please leave your message and one of our volunteer committee members will get back to you, though please be patient)
BRANCH ACTIVITIES: Dates for 2012
Over 18 Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Social Club
If you want to meet and socialise with other people (18+) on the autistic spectrum who may have shared interests with you, just come along. There is no upper age limit for this group, all adults are welcome.
WHEN: The club meets on the 2nd Sunday of every month from 7.30 till 9.30pm
Next meetings will be on
Meet and Play pre-school support group
Parents and carers of preschool children who have social communication difficulties are warmly invited to drop in to our FREE 'Meet and Play' sessions: The first sessions of next year will be on:
- January 10th
- February 7th
- March 6th
- April 3rd
Venue: 1.15-2.45pm Cherry Hinton Children's Centre, the Community Wing, Cherry Hinton Junior School, Fulbourn Old Drift, Cambridge CB1 9ND.
Parent support meetings (for parents of children and adults with ASD)
The next support group meetings for parents of children and adults with an ASD will be on:
- Wednesday, January 11th (Room 2)
- Monday, February 6th (Room 3)
- Monday, March 5th (Room 3)
- Monday, April 2nd (Room 3)
7.30-9.30pm at the Meadows Community Centre, 1 St Catharine's Road, Cambridge CB4 3XJ (contact number for the Meadows Centre is 01223 508140).
WHATS ON
Family Rights Project
The Family Rights Project is a Department for Education funded project aimed at empowering parents and carers of a child with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by ensuring that they have access to accurate information on their and their child’s educational, welfare, and community care rights and entitlements. The project will deliver this by providing training days for parents across England along with an information pack that they can take away with them for future reference.
RESEARCH REQUESTS
Request for research volunteers
Research at the Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge
To all members of the NAS Cambridge community:
We are currently looking for families with adolescent girls (ages 12-18) with a diagnosis on the autistic spectrum to consider taking part in research at the Autism Research Centre.
Request for volunteers to help train people in the diagnosis of autism
Dr Fiona Scott trains people to use ADOS and ADI to diagnose people with autism. She needs families with a member already diagnosed to help out in practice/training sessions.
Please contact Jenny Hannah on 01954 210242 for more information and to volunteer.