World Autism Acceptance Week

We’re taking part in World Autism Acceptance Week during 4th to 8th April 2022, in conjunction with the national campaign being run by the National Autistic Society. To show our support towards raising autism awareness, you will see plenty of Blue pictures being shared on our social media pages during the week. 

We love for you to be involved, so please do send your photos and or contributions to our head office via e-mail: info@solosupportservices.co.uk or via social media. 

Anything shared will be posted on our social media pages to really promote Autism awareness. The colour Blue is associated to autism and originated with the autism advocacy association known as Autism Speaks. Their “Light it Up Blue” campaign calls for people to wear Blue with the intention of bringing world-wide understanding of what an Autism diagnosis can mean. 

Here are some interesting facts about Autism: 

Being autistic does not mean you have an illness or disease. It's something you're born with or can first appear when you're very young. If have Autism, you're autistic for your whole life, it is not a medical condition which can have treatments or a "cure". Some people need support to with managing certain aspects it. Autism is not an illness. Being autistic should not stop you having a good life. Like most people, autistic people have things they're good at as well as things they struggle with. Being autistic does not mean you can never make friends, have relationships or get a job. But you might need extra support with these things. Autistic people can live a full life Autism is a spectrum. This means no two people with autism are the same. Some people need little or no support. Others may need help from a parent or support worker every day. 

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