Seasons Greetings from autsera!

With the festive season upon us and the rollout of the covid-19 vaccine, we are optimistic about starting 2021 on a high note. But first here are some highlights from 2020.

To support the autistic community especially during the pandemic, we delivered 6 free webinars covering topics such as sensory differences, routine and structure, school transitions, and peer relationships. We launched a series of videos called #20in20 with practical tips to use during the summer holidays.

We joined the 2020 Summer Cohort of the London & Partners Business Growth Programme and the F-LANE Accelerator for Female Empowerment. We were one of the winners of the Innovate UK Covid-19 Fast Track competition and we graduated from the Google for Startups Female Founders Residency Programme. Our co-founder, Inas Ismail, was busy attending panel discussions at the Women in Tech Festival and Women Entrepreneurship Conference.

To celebrate World Autism Awareness Month, we launched a campaign called "I AM AMAZING AT ...!" where members of our autistic community shared with us photos and videos of their amazing talents and interests. We organised a Christmas competition aimed at SENCos where they were invited to come up with an original Christmas social story that can be used with autistic children in a primary school or special needs school.
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We are currently working on the feedback that was received from school pupils and teachers who tested our new educational game, EmoGami. The game is designed for children aged 5-8 who struggle with reading emotions and social cues and we are planning to release it in March 2021, so watch this space!