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World Autism Awareness Day - 2nd April

What is autism?

Imagine for one minute a world where you could not understand why other people were laughing, why someone was smiling at you, why someone was shouting or crying, and where language sometimes seemed to make no sense at all.  Imagine how hard it would be to know how to behave, to talk to people and to make friends.

This is how the world seems to many people with autism, as they struggle to make sense of people, places and events.

Autism varies in how it affects people.  However, the common characterisctics of autism are:

  • Difficulties with social interaction, making friends and in understanding others' feelings and experiences
  • Difficulties with communication, including not fully understanding facial expressions, gestures or tone of voice
  • Difficulty in thinking flexibly and understanding abstract ideas

World Autism Awareness Day

The UN has nominated April 2nd as World Autism Awareness Day - a day for people across the globe to come together to raise awareness of autism and the effect it has on families.

Please, join with us to ensure that people affected by autism get the help, support and understanding they need.

What NORSACA does

NORSACA works with adults and children with autism from across Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, surrounding counties and beyond.  We offer a range of services including a school and further education college for students with autism, residential units for adults and support for families and professionals.  For more information on our work, please use the menu on the left.  We aim to enable people with autism to live their lives with dignity, choice and independence.

FRee Autism, Play and Leisure Conference

To mark World Autism Awarenes Day we are holding a free conference highlighting the need for play and leisure services to be available for children and young people with Autism Spectrum Conditions.

Speakers at the conference include Dr Wendy Russell (Senior Lecturer in Playwork, University of Gloucestershire) and Ben Kingston-Hughes (Play Development Co-ordinator Children’s Links and Lecturer in Playwork at Loughborough College).

Attendees will also get the opportunity to find out what play and leisure activities are organised and run by NORSACA.  For more information about the conference please email us.

Workshops for the parents / carers of young people on the autism spectrum

31st March 2010: 6.30pm - 8.30pm: Understanding Difficult Behaviour in Adolescents

7th April 2010: 6.30pm - 8.30pm: Introduction to PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance)

14th April 2010: 6.15pm - 9.15pm: Supporting Young People with Personal Relationships

All of these events take place at Park Hall Autism Resouce Centre, Park Road, Bestwood Village, Nottingham NG6 8TQ.  To book a place please call us on 0115 976 1805.


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Did you know?
  • Asperger syndrome is a form of autism, used to describe people at the more able end of the spectrum
  • Around 1 in every 100 people in the UK have autism
  • Autism is known to affect four times as many boys as girls