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People on our mailing list are sent lots of useful information, including:
- Details of branch activities
- Information on events of interest
- Details of consultations for proposed changes in services
- Information on research and surveys
Our mailings are sent electronically to people on our mailing list. To join our mailing list, click the link below and email us your request to join.
New online branches
With regular meet-ups online, our charity's online branches are a social space for autistic people to reach out and seek peer support for a shared interest, identity, or experience. They're totally free to join, and may be a more accessible option to some than an in-person meet-up. All autistic people are welcome (under 16-year-olds must be supervised by an adult, and people that need more support must bring their support carer with them).
We currently have online branches for:
- Arts and crafts
- Book club
- Employment and the workplace
- LGBTQ+
- Running
BaNES Autism Partnership Board
Message for people who live/work in BaNES
BaNES Autism Partnership Board would like to offer further opportunities to hear views and engage. They would be grateful if people could give them their views on the questions listed below:
- What does having a good life mean to you?
- What is important to you to live a good life?
- What do you need more of to have a good life?
- What three things do you want to do that will make you happier in your life this year?
- What skills would you like to develop in the future?
- COVID 19 changed the way we deliver and receive support. Please tell us one thing that worked well and one thing that did not work well for you
Please email comments to: Andrew_du_Rose@bathnes.gov.uk
Hospital passports
The National Autistic Society and Mencap have hospital passports, which you may find helpful when visiting hospitals or attending other health appointments:
The Mencap link also provides access to the charity's Coronavirus Grab & Go Form, which it recommends that autistic people and/or people with a learning difficulty use alongside its hospital passport.
Hospital Passport for autistic people
A project at Bristol Autism Spectrum Service (BASS) has helped develop an Autism Hospital Passport with the autism liaison service at Southmead. This was due to a lack of widely used passport across the region that was not aimed at people with learning disabilities. This development involved a lot of input from service users at BASS either through focus groups or individually.
They are now being used across hospitals in Bristol, North Somerset, South Glos, and Bath and North East Somerset (BANES). BASS have run workshops for clients to assist them to complete them and can assist people 1:1.
When completed, as well as giving people both hard copies and digital copies of their passport they also provide people laminated walled sized cards to show to a professional and prompt them to contact BASS for an electronic copy of the passport. They are currently being flagged by the computer systems at Southmead and the Royal United Hospital should someone with a passport present there too.
For details on BASS, go to their website
