This course is a safe space where autistic adults can explore being autistic with others. It covers a range of topics including autistic identity, masking, stimming, overwhelm, burnout, relationships, sensory processing differences, executive functioning, legal rights and co-occurring conditions. There is also plenty of opportunity to explore mindful creative crafts. 

The aim of the course is to increase knowledge and understanding and focuses on the positives helping you to develop a range of coping skills and strategies. Each session takes place on our outdoor site and includes lunch cooked in our woodland kitchen. We have a beautiful yurt which provides a safe quiet space in which to gather. There are a range of craft activities on offer to supplement the teaching and discussion elements. It is a space to reflect, create, learn and share, but most of all a space where autistic adults can be their authentic selves.

The course runs over 10 or 12 sessions, 4 times per year. Sessions run on a Monday from 10am-2pm. Numbers are limited to 8-10 participants per course and participants need to be able to commit to attending the whole course. This course is fully funded (so you don’t have to pay).

The Cart Shed charity is based in beautiful woodlands in north Herefordshire and enables people to manage their mental and physical health and wellbeing in a sustainable way.

As part of the application process for this course we will send you The Cart Shed Application form so that they can contact you to confirm the start date for this course.