The Transition to Life Kingston participants had a great outing with Kingston 4 Paws Service Dogs.   The group met at St Lawrence College to Kingston 4 Paws Service Dogs. The organization spent some time talking to the group about why they train service dogs, what commands they use, how these dogs are important to…

Bring out your inner artist this summer and sign up for our Art in the Park program!  Mediums addressed will be watercolour, acrylic paint, printmaking and sculpting. This program will be hosted by professional artist and sculptor Lisa Harpell. Dates:  Every Wednesday June 3, 10, 17 and 24 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm Meet at Integrated…

This week marked the 6th week of the Transition to Life program in Ottawa and Kingston.  Both groups have been having fun and are learning tons. Keep up the good work participants!

FOR YOUNG ADULTS IN BARRIE AREA Steven Vanderschee runs his own digitizing embroidery business and is looking to train someone with ASD/Asperger’s on embroidery. This is a free learning opportunity for someone who is interested in becomming involved in this industry.  Skills required: attention to detail If you are interested in this opportunity please contact Steven…

Spring is here, let’s have some fun! We started off May with a busy Pizza and Games Night. For the rest of the month this is what’s going on at the Centre: This week,  May 14 – The Spectrum Connection will be Sunnidale Park and Ice cream Downtown  Next week, May 21 – Young Men’s Night…

We’ve had a few new members join us in the past couple of months that we would like to welcome to The Social Club! It’s always great to see new faces come out and enjoy themselves.  Below, are a few pictures from April events that we wanted to share from: Spring Formal Gamer’s Night  Thank…

Come and join Alana from Improvability! for this 4 week program. In this workshop participants will work together on a script; each person playing an individual role and developing their character. Alana will guide participants on acting skills but also on how to use these skills to increase self-confidence and apply them to real life…

This week we were in Ottawa for both the CASDA, The Canadian Autism Spectrum Disorders Alliance conference (March 30th and 31st) and Autism on the Hill (April 1st). Both events were an important part of advocating support for a National ASD strategy. We had a great time meeting new people and connecting with old friends in…

We are very proud of the Barrie Transition to Life graduates for all of their hard work! Thank you as well to everyone who was involved in making the course a success. This includes those at Autism Ontario, our teaching assistant Paulette, our mentors Chris and Ashley, and the guest speakers who came out to…

Thanks to everyone who came out to The Social Club events in February. We undertook a new art project at Young Girls Night Out with dreamcatchers, they all turned out so unique and beautiful! The Spectrum Connection was also a blast, we got a chance to go trampolining at Vertical Zone in Barrie. Check out…