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Different Minds. One Scotland By Ettie Shattock, Senior Project Officer
Did you know that 1 in 100 people in Scotland are autistic? TCV is proud to support The Scottish Strategy for Autism’s ‘Different Minds. One Scotland’ campaign to help share a clearer understanding of autism to the non-autistic population. Autism is a neurological difference that people are born with – autistic brains work differently to non-autistic brains. Autism affects the way that people experience the world around them, in both positive and negative ways. Over the past ten years TCV Scotland has developed our work supporting people with disabilities, including autistic people, to access and engage with the outdoors. We have worked with various communities and partners such as Scottish Autism to understand the needs of the individuals they support. Every autistic person’s experience of the world is unique, and by working together to understand their experiences, we can help increase their access to nature and greenspaces. Feedback on our work highlights how being outside in nature can really help those who are easily overwhelmed, that being active outdoors helps to establish sleep patterns, increases appetite and provides opportunities to learn in a new hands-on way. 11
