“As a North East Congo Lion living in Scotland, I have lived quite an isolated life so going into lockdown didn’t affect me too much in March. Over the years, I have become quite good at hiding from people and only coming out of my den when I run out of pasta or toilet paper....

So a wee change from our usual types of post but as we are in Mental Health Awareness Week, we felt this was a true reflection of how we are all feeling at PAS. The Coronavirus pandemic has affected us all, and all of our mental health has been impacted. Whilst we should take the...

These are strange and unknown times for everyone. As well as acknowledging the amazing things key workers are doing,it is very important to look after ourselves. Having a safe space to go to when you are feeling anxious, overwhelmed or simply just want somewhere quiet to go, is a fantastic resource to have. It doesn’t...

My name is Maja Reid and I am the Relax Kids Co-ordinator here at PAS. I started volunteering in PAS activities what feels like ages ago (6 years!!!), one of the classes that I helped with was a Relax Kids class and I instantly fell in love with the setting and what the class offered...

This has been a tricky story to write, it’s been a long journey and to put it in a short blog doesn’t seem to do the serious nature of mental health in our young people justice.. The emotions, heartache and stress of watching our son struggle with mental health issues has taken over our whole...

As part of our continued shared learning for parent/carers, today’s post addresses a commonly asked question to our Family Support and School Liaison team. School meetings can be daunting, whether your child is in early primary and the process is new, or you have been attending regular meetings for a while but have a young...

Within our Young Adult and Transition Support team we offer support through our weekly term social group as well as working on a 1:1 basis with the young people. We help develop many different independent life skills to enable them reach their full potential as they reach adulthood. One such life skill is Independent Travel,...

Winter – where do we begin?! The snowy season brings different challenges to some of our young people that we work with here at Perth Autism Support. End of term exhaustion, high social demand, changes to routines to name a few but the weather can also have an effect on our young people. Icy pavements,...

Life changes as we become teenagers the social demands, the academic demands and thinking about life after education can be a confusing, daunting and sometimes scary thought for young people. We work with autistic young adults who all have a range of different hopes, dreams and desires for their lives but very often they tell...

Through our funding from Perth & Kinross LEADER Programme, we have been able to take our training programmes out of Perth to Blairgowrie, Crieff and Highland Perthshire, here’s one of our fabulous parent, Nikki’s thoughts on the the training she has accessed and the benefits to having this in her local community of Blairgowrie “Hi...