AWARENESS - EDUCATION - INCLUSION - ACCEPTANCE
Skerries has been selected to become one of the next Autism Friendly Towns under the AsIAm initiative.
We are a group of people, some of whom have children on the Autism Spectrum and others are advocates for change and inclusivity. We came together with the common goal of building AWARENESS in Skerries, to EDUCATE the whole community, so that autistic children and adults can be EMPOWERED to play an INCLUSIVE part in their own town.
We were inspired by the great town of Clonakilty who were accredited as being Ireland’s first Autism Friendly Town. We will be updating you on our journey to achieving this status and will keep you informed on all upcoming events in the calendar year.
Recent Posts
Community Update
“When we started this journey, I was excited at the prospect of what a difference and positive change we could bring to a town for my son, so that he could walk into a shop [...]
Committee Update
Firstly, as a Steering Committee we hope that you and your families are keeping well and that the impact of the last number of months, coping with COVID19, has not been too hard on you [...]
Fundraising
In order to continue the progress we've made to date we'll be embarking on fundraising initiatives to allow us complete some of our initiatives, such as, Town participants staff & local volunteers training, visual packs [...]
Sensory Santa!
Some lovely photos from our first and wonderful sensory santa, a big thanks to all for making it so special. Some families till last night have never managed to get a photo with Santa [...]
Successful Launch
As a follow on from the successful launch on November 12th in Scoil Realt Na Mara of 'Skerries as an Autism Friendly Town' we want to reflect a little on the launch night itself [...]
Understanding Autism
In Association With
