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Services & Advice
- Family Outings, Recreation & Youth Groups
Belfast Zoo
Belfast Zoo holds sensory days and quiet hours.
Dundonald Icebowl
IndianaLand ASD friendly sessions for children 10-14. (Family and siblings can also attend)
Disability Sport NI
A good resource for finding disability friendly sports clubs.
Helping Hands
Has a huge list of upcoming local events for people with autism.
Leisureplex Lisburn
Leisureplex swimming pool offers autism and disability friendly sessions every Tuesday.
Movie House Cinema
Movie House cinemas occasionally offers ASD friendly screenings with the lights left on at a dim level and lower volume.
Naven Centre
The Naven Centre offer adaptable services for people with ASD, The staff have received training on ASD and have 2 appointed Autism Champions.
Odeon Cinema
Odeon Cinemas offer ASD friendly screenings with the lights left on at a dim level, lower volume and no trailers.
Odyssey Cinema
Odyssey Cinemas occasionally offer ASD friendly screenings of films.
Omniplex Cinema
Omniplex Cinemas offer ASD friendly screenings every Saturday/Sunday around 12pm. This includes the lights being left on at a low level, reduced volume and subtitles.
Roe Park Resort Limivady
Roe Park is one of the first Resorts to have suites designed for people with ASD on offer and staff trained in working with people with Autism.
Swimming Buddies
Swimming Buddies specialise in autism friendly swimming lessons.
Triple A
WeAreVertigo
Autism friend sessions run every Thursday at 5pm to book these sessions just scroll to the bottom of the Inflata park option on the WeAreVertigo website where it will show you the option for these sessions.
- Education & Career Resources
NI Direct - Career Planning
Career planning for young people with special educational needs.
NI Direct - Chat with a Career Adviser
Looking for careers information, or need advice and guidance to help you make informed career choices? Chat online with a careers adviser.
NI Direct - Careers Service
The Careers Service provides an impartial, all-age careers information, advice and guidance service, to help young people and adults make informed choices about their future career paths.
NI Direct - CV Builder
An easy to use CV builder with easy to use instructions and professional formatting.
NI Direct - Essential skills
Links for info on all Essentail Skills courses in Maths, English and ICT around the country all of which are free.
NI Direct - Interveiw Tips
Good advice on how to prepare for an interveiw & what to expect.
NI Direct - Job Application Advice
Tips and information on job application forms and what to include.
Ni Direct - Career Events
a list of careers related events which may interest you.
- ASD Services
Autism NI
Autism Services
Belfast Adult Autism Advice Service
Provides advice and guidance to adults and young people with autism and those who support them.
IncredABLE
IncredABLE is a voluntary organisation creating meaningful social, recreational, and educational opportunities for people with a learning/intellectual disability and/or autism.
Inspire
Inspire offer a range of services that provide support in the areas of mental health, learning disability and autism across a range of areas.
SENsations Learning Support
SpeciallisterneNI
Middletown Centre for Autism
- Useful Resources
Appleby Trust
ABC Autism Support Group
A community of parents and careers of people with autism and people who themselves have autism designed for peer to peer support.
Autism NI
Autism resource officer information
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (C.A.H.M.S)
National Autistic Society Directory
A huge list of autism related services and groups
Contact
brenda.fox@theapplebytrust.co.uk
Brenda Fox: 07785589928
Cafe: 02837525900