Hello everyone, I’d firstly like to say that I am delighted that you have chosen to visit our new blog.  I am Charlene Tait, Director of Development at Scottish Autism and I’d like welcome you and tell you a bit about what you can expect to find here.

We aim to bring you a new blog each week (maybe more!) as a way of sharing with you our thoughts, opinions and knowledge about autism.  There is so much that goes on across our services day to day that it seems only right to share with you  the challenges, achievements and lessons learnt along the way.

We also want to shed a bit more light on the variety of our work and give you the chance to get to know some of our staff and the key projects we are working on. For example, our researcher, Joe, will be providing insights and commentary on the research our autism practitioners are engaged in as well as any significant findings from other studies.     

In addition to blogs from us, we will on occasion be featuring guest blogs.  Here we want to capture some of the thinking from other professionals in the wider field of autism as well as sharing the perspectives of individuals who have their own story to tell.

Whether it is sharing practical advice, a research update, a great resource or simply an observation, we hope there is something for everyone.