We are an Essex based charity providing activities for autistic, ADHD (and other neurodivergent) children and support groups for parents/carers

Joined March 2019
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We are a registered charity offering support to families with anxious, Autistic or ADHD children or teens. We have an online group on FB and run lots of activities We also offer 1:1 support via email or appointments via phone/Teams/in person. Contact info@myotas.org for info
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Myotas - My Own Time And Space were delighted to join the Find Your Active festival in Basildon today to share details of our children’s activities. It was great to bump into our friends and supporters from @BasildonCouncil @bbw_cvs, Mother’s Kitchen and Find Your Active
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In his parliamentary debate on #SEND provision, @RichardBurgon called for the scrapping of Safety Valve ✅, the cancelling of LA high needs debt ✅ and for government to discourage the demonisation of "pushy parents" who are forced to fight for their children's support. We concur
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Please find our latest Newsletter here featuring an introduction to our new Family Support Team and lots of new activities and support groups. myotas.us19.list-manage.com/…

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📣Today’s King’s Speech marked a positive step in the right direction for the mental health of babies, children and young people. So, what did it say? A thread 🧵⬇️
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Neurodiversity is a vital concept. Understanding the difference between neurodiverse & neurodivergent is much more important than splitting hairs over linguistics. I made a comic explainer. Higher quality pics & with qus for reflection: medium.com/@sonnyhallett/neu… #Neurodiversity
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We are an Essex based charity, run by parents for parents, supporting families with children who are Socially Anxious, #Autistic #ADHD , etc. We provide 1:1 and group support for parents/carers and a range of activities for children and young people. Diagnosis not required
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Come along to the St Peter's Church hall to meet the MyOTAS team and talk about autism, ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia and other neurological differences. Please reserve a FREE place via ticketsource.co.uk/myotas - as it helps us to plan staff numbers and refreshments.
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Alongside @CYPMentalHealth, MyOTAS and 58 other organisations have signed a letter to all political leaders demanding that children and young people are prioritised in their election campaigns - Read the letter here cypmhc.org.uk/publications/a…
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All our summer activities for children and young people and support groups for parents are listed below. Please share with any families you think may benefit from our support. Places can be reserved at ticketsource.co.uk/myotas Thank you
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Come and meet us next week in Basildon and collect your FREE copy of the Supporting Your Neurodiverse Child book - written by parents, for parents. If you can't make the session please email us at info@myotas.org for more info. #AutismAcceptanceMonth #ADHD #Essex #neurodivergent
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MyOTAS - My Own Time And Space retweeted
Replying to @Autism
@MyOTAS_Charity @exceptional_Ind my charity and company are here to help all neurodivergent children, adults and families. Please share @PaddyMcGuinness to help get the message out there of the help available. Cheers fellow Lancastrian 👍⚽️
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I'm looking for statistics showing the percentage of autistic people who also have a learning disability. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thank you #askingautistics #neurodiversity #AutismAcceptanceMonth #neurodivergent
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Anyone ANYONE who comes into contact with children for professional purposes should have to undergo mandatory EDI SEND awareness training. That’s it. DBS Disability Awareness. We have to do better & eradicate ableism via CPD. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce5e…
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