Parent Group Coffee morning
Are you a parent or carer for school age children that have Asperger Syndrome?
Would you like the chance to meet us and meet other parents who have children with AS?
We will be on hand to offer education advice and support, including advice on transition, statutory assessments, bullying issues etc.
Please come along and have tea, coffeeand homemade cakes at our next coffee morning
For details watch this space or call us on 01603 620500 or e-mail parent.support@asperger.org.uk
Free events for Carers of Adults with Asperger Syndrome
The dates for meetings in Norwich and Lowestoft are below. Watch out for new sessions in Bury St Edmunds coming soon.
Norwich
at the Charing Cross Centre, St. John Maddermarket, Norwich. from 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon. are:
Friday, 13th January 2012
Friday, 10th February 2012
Wednesday, 14th March 2012
Lowestoft
at the Kirkley Centre, 154 London Road South, Lowestoft, NR33 0AZ from
10.00 a.m. to 12 noon in the Community Suite.
The dates are:
Friday, 20th January 2012
Friday, 24th February 2012
Friday, 16th March 2012.
Please join us for a tea or coffee and biscuits and support. You can just turn up or contact Jan Cole, Carer Support if you would like to confirm you can come, or for further information. call 01603 598944 or e-mail Jan@asperger.org.uk
Asperger East Anglia Opportunity Shop in Lowestoft is now open
Come and find us at 153 London Road South, Lowestoft, NR33 0DP
The shop is open Tuesday to Saturday from 9.30 to 4.30. Please consider us if you are clearing out, moving home or have pre loved or vintage items we could sell through the shop. Give us a call if you are not sure, you will be surprised what we can make use of. Recent good sales have been a pair of bikes, vintage Ray-Ban sunglasses and classic 1970's speakers.
Plans for 2012 so far include a 'Chocolate Festival' at Easter [all chocolate related donations gratefully received] and a stall at the Lowestoft Air Show on Sat 23rd and Sun 24th June [small childrens' gifts gratefully received].
Also you might like to take a look at www.theprintsale.com as Asperger East Anglia will be one of the projects beneficiaries.
More news to follow as continue to make plans for the year ahead
If you would like more information, need contacts for 'drop off' points or can offer a helping hand please e-mail me at, shop@asperger.org.uk, or give me a call, 07 432 670 149 or our new Landline 01502 349 750
You can now follow the shop's own website for regular updates by logging onto the My Charity Shop Site and you can follow us on Twitter at #AspergerEastAng
Thanks and I look forward to meeting you all soon,
Jane
Children and family group in Fakenham
We started a new children and family group in January at Fakenham Junior School, Queens Rd Fakenham. For Further information contact Thecla Fellas on 01603 598 949 or e-mail thecla@asperger.org.uk
Research Opportunity
Researchers at the Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit and the Autism Research Centre in Cambridge are looking for volunteers for a new study into object vision in autism.
The study will be using MRI brain-scanning to investigate brain activity patterns in object vision. These activity patterns will allow for a comparison of mental representations of objects in typically developing adults and people with a diagnosis of Asperger Syndrome or High-functioning autism.
Volunteers will be invited to come to the MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge on two separate days to perform simple visual judgment tasks while pictures are taken of their brain. In addition, some standardized tests will be administered.
Volunteers will be fully reimbursed for their time, up to £70 upon finishing the two experimental sessions. Additionally, travel expenses and traveling time will be reimbursed.
The study requires right-handed male participants aged 18-35 years with a diagnosis of high-functioning autism or Asperger syndrome. We need to be able to contact a parent to perform a phone interview about the volunteer’s early development.
For more details, please contact:
Researcher: Ruud Berkers
email: ruud.berkers@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk
Tel.: +44 (0)1223 355294
Project end date: December 2011
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