Summer activities for ASD children

Families with young people between the ages of 14 to 19 years old from the Limavady, Derry and Strabane areas have received support, as the summer holidays start, through a number of structured summer activities.
By The Newsroom
Published 25th Jul 2012, 12:34 BST

Those who participated were also part of the Western Trust’s Autism Spectrum Disorder project called Turning the Curve Project, which helps to equip young people with the personal and life skills that can be carried into their adult lives. It funded by the INTERREG IVA programme through Co-operation and Working Together.

It enables the Western Trust to provide an extensive programme of more than 65 family support activity placements across the Trust area to kick-start the summer for teenagers with autism and participants took part in orienteering and other active outdoor activities, photography, a DJ Workshop, arts and crafts.

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Kieran Downey, Assistant Director of Children’s Mental Health and Disability said: “It is important to provide this opportunity for young people to participate in summer activities that stimulate their minds, that helps them to stay physically active and that encourages them to develop new skills. This will help them grow and mature as independent individuals.”

The summer activity programme was delivered during the first two weeks in July.

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