My story
We are fundraising for the National Autistic Society by taking part in a Spectrum Colour Walk for World Autism Acceptance Week 2 - 8 April 2024.💜
Staff and Service Users across Cygnet Hospital Sheffield will be completing a spectrum Walk around Norfolk Park, which will take place on Wednesday 27th March 2024 💙
The idea for the walk came from one of our service users, who said:
"I was diagnosed with autism in 2022 but before then it was a long process to get my diagnosis through long wait times and lack of schools understanding of the condition, leading them to believe I wasn’t autistic. All this and the fact that id lived for 14 years masking my emotions meant I never got the support I needed, and I ended up deteriorating in my mental health and just couldn’t cope any more. I was admitted to a mental health inpatient unit where I was diagnosed with autism and since then ive received way more support but its not come without its challenges as ive still faced discrimination and stigma which is why I think it is important to raise awareness."
We are walking for autistic children to have a happy and fulfilled time at school. 💙 We are walking to ensure autistic people are given proper opportunities to work. 💚 We are walking for shorter diagnosis wait times.💛 We are walking for autism acceptance.
Anything you can donate is greatly appreciated and will be going towards creating a better society for autistic people and their families.To read more about the work of the National Autistic Society, visit www.autism.org.ukThank you 🙂
Staff and Service Users across Cygnet Hospital Sheffield will be completing a spectrum Walk around Norfolk Park, which will take place on Wednesday 27th March 2024 💙
The idea for the walk came from one of our service users, who said:
"I was diagnosed with autism in 2022 but before then it was a long process to get my diagnosis through long wait times and lack of schools understanding of the condition, leading them to believe I wasn’t autistic. All this and the fact that id lived for 14 years masking my emotions meant I never got the support I needed, and I ended up deteriorating in my mental health and just couldn’t cope any more. I was admitted to a mental health inpatient unit where I was diagnosed with autism and since then ive received way more support but its not come without its challenges as ive still faced discrimination and stigma which is why I think it is important to raise awareness."
We are walking for autistic children to have a happy and fulfilled time at school. 💙 We are walking to ensure autistic people are given proper opportunities to work. 💚 We are walking for shorter diagnosis wait times.💛 We are walking for autism acceptance.
Anything you can donate is greatly appreciated and will be going towards creating a better society for autistic people and their families.To read more about the work of the National Autistic Society, visit www.autism.org.ukThank you 🙂