For some of the Association for Autism members, it was a short night. After an amazing concert by Pouna at O’Grady’s Irish Pub on Saturday night March 3, they were up early. Very early to be honest. But it was worth the effort. Almost a hundred people from AfA, children with autism, their parents, grand-parents, […]
New friends
After the first meetings with representatives from Singapore during the recent meetings of the ASEAN Autism Network AfA was very privileged to welcome Mr Yew Teng Leong, President of Rainbow Centre, and his wife, Mr Dennis Ang, CEO of St. Andrew’s Autism Centre, and Mr Malcolm Wong, Deputy Executive Director of Rainbow Centre from 16.-18.01.2017. […]
Success at Disability-Inclusive Sports for Tomorrow
In the early morning of Friday, 07.10.2017, a group of 7 children from the Vientiane Autism Center aged from 10 to 17 years started to a long journey. Two young people with ASD began their journey with a flight to Bangkok, boarding the plane was very exciting; while the other 5 athletes travelled by van […]
Start to the new school year
September becomes the second busiest months for AfA – after April with the World Autism Awareness Day as main reason. In September the new school year starts welcoming a number of new children with autism in inclusive classes. In Vientiane 3 children enrolled in grade 1 bringing the total number of kids in primary school […]
Change of responsibilities in AfA
ແຈ້ງການກ່ຽວກັບການປ່ຽນແປງພະນັກງານ ຂອງສະມາຄົມເພື່ອຄົນໂອທິສຕິກ ສະມາຄົມເພື່ອຄົນໂອທິສຕິກ ຂໍແຈ້ງໃຫ້ ທ່ານຊາບວ່າ ທ່ານ ນາງ ມິສຸດາ ເຮືອງສຸກຄູນ ໄດ້ສິ້ນສຸດ ການເປັນພະນັກງານໃນຕຳແຫນ່ງ ເລຂາທິການຂອງສະຄົມເພື່ອຄົນໂອທິສຕິກ ນັບຕັ້ງແຕ່ວັນທີ 31/8/2017 ເປັນຕົ້ນໄປ. ຖ້າທ່ານຕ້ອງການພົວພັນວຽກ ກະລຸນາຕິດຕໍ່ຫ້ອງການສະມາຄົມໂດຍກົງ ຕາມລາຍຊື່ແລະເບີໂທລຸ່ມນີ້: 1) ນາງ ວຽງຊຳ ອິນດາວົງ, ຄະນະບໍລິຫານງານຂອງສະມາຄົມ 2) ນາງ ສຸວັນ ໄຊສີສະຫວັດ, ພະນັກງານບໍລິຫານຫ້ອງການ ແລະ ປະສານງານຄັດກອງ ໂທ: 021 330 409/ 030 532 9045 Notification of the change of staff Association for Autism would like to inform that Ms. Misouda Heuangsoukkhoun finished […]
Sports at TCFC Sports Camp
Children like to run around. There is no exception for kids with autism. But how to get them to run in a – let’s say – structured or organised way? Every summer break TCFC is organising a Sports Camp for children in Vientiane. This year T.C. was going to try something new: to include kids […]
New teachers for Pakse Autism Center
After two month of intense and very practical training at Vientiane Autism Center three new teachers received their certificates and will return to Pakse to start work at Pakse Autism Center (PAC). This will allow the recently opened facility to increase the number of children with autism receiving education from currently four to ten. During […]
Thanks to Lao students in Adelaide
Lao students association in Adelaide successfully raised fund totaling AUD 1664 to support people with Autism and the Association for Autism in Laos. More than half of the fund (AUD 909) was raised at the Lao Temple during the Lao New Year Celebration on 15th April 2017 led by our two beautiful coordinators Ms. Alouny […]
AfA got support in Australia
On the occasion of the World Autism Awareness Day AfA Board member Ms Viengsam Indavong was very very active in Australia. She wrote from Adelaide: The main focus of the Autism in Laos Awareness and fund raising event is to sell the t-shirt to people mainly people in Adelaide through friends and friends of friends. […]
New Autism Center in Pakse open
Since almost 3 years the Association for Autism is also working in Pakse, one of the provincial capitals in the South of Laos. Support came from different organisations, among them UNDEF and USAID. Especially under the USAID-financed TEAM project AfA conducted many activities in the South, form awareness raising to screening of children with suspected […]