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 […]
Leisure and Sports
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 […]
Great success of Autism Awareness Campaign 2016
Every year on April 2nd activists all over the world celebrate the World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD). In Laos we do so since 2011. In many countries marking just one day for autism awareness is not enough as many different activities to disseminate information about the Autism Spectrum Disorder are organised. Association for Autism, the […]
Playing sports
In January a small team of AfA participated at the 1st ASEAN Autism Friendship Games in Laguna,Philippines, 14-15 January 2016. Our 3 participants came back with 3 medals: Weston won gold in bowling under 13 years, Marcel and Alex won silver in bowling over 13 years and 50 m running under 13 years respectively. In […]
Preparing for the 3rd congress of ASEAN Autism Network
In 2010 the ASEAN Autism Network was founded and held its first congress in Bangkok, Thailand. The network is uniting associations of parents of children with autism throughout the South-east Asian region. In 2013 AAN met for its second congress in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam. In both congresses members from 9 ASEAN countries had […]