Author: Rebecca Barker

We are really excited for the second session of our new Parent Support Group in Bingley, taking place next Monday. These sessions are for AWARE members only but new members are always welcome and you can sign up at one of these sessions!

Find out more here: https://aware-uk.org/awares-waad-2025/

Celebrate Advent with AWARE's autism-themed advent calendar! The Christmas season can bring with it added highs and lows when you are autistic, or have someone who is autistic in your family. Count down to Christmas with us and you will get daily tips, insights and information on navigating the festive season PLUS wellbeing tips and resources and some light relief thrown in for good measure! Access our Advent Calendar here!

Did you know, AWARE can provide members with Max Cards, the UK's leading discount card for children with special needs and disabilities (from 0-25 years). Find out more and how to order one here.

If you are not yet an AWARE member, now is the perfect time to join - we are just getting in the swing of all our usual activities and events again and we often have lots of new members join us around now - September is the new January, it seems! Membership of AWARE offers so much, including but not limited to: Weekly Zooms on Thursday daytimes in term time covering a wide range of topics such as education, mental health, SEN services, behaviour and much, much more! You will have access to all Zoom recordings including previous ones on the member-only section of the website. Monthly face-to-face support group in Girlington and a monthly meet up in Keighley A wide range of activities for children and young people (small…

We are excited to launch our second AWARE Summer Activities Guide! AWARE-Summer-Guide-2024-1Download

See our information page for full details on what AWARE membership gives you - find it here!

A very Happy New Year from all at AWARE! It's time to take a big deep breath now Christmas with all of its excitement, expense, planning - and often - anxiety, is finally over! January can of course be a difficult time; not only are we in the depths of winter, everywhere you turn somebody is urging you to come up with resolutions or to try this or that new lifestyle. A lot of pressure for anyone but especially the parent or carer of someone who is autistic who can already have so much on their to-do list. So instead we are sharing a post from our favourite blogger, Kizzi - a former AWARE employee and a font of knowledge about autism - as we love how it encourages hope…