The RAGS office is open 2 days per week, TERM TIME ONLY, for membership forms and enquiries.
Monday 10am- 2pm & Friday 10-2pm (the office maybe closed on the mornings of our Group Support Sessions.)
We aim to provide weekly Group Support Sessions for our registered Parent Carer members only.
We are in the FIG Educational Building and our literature will be available in the FIG Reception.
All visitors must report to the FIG Reception.
RAGS provide help and support for families who have a child / children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. We believe that every person with autism has potential to fulfil, and we enable this by supporting the entire family – parents, siblings and the individual with autism.
RAGS is run by volunteers only, the trustees are also volunteers.
Romford Autism Group Support News
An Autistic Experience Documentary
A gifted student with Asperger's Syndrome joined us in the office for the day earlier this month to produce some work on ASD for his college course. The finished documentary from Jack Rust - JCAR Media, entitled 'An Autistic Experience' is now available via...
Harold Hill Library Knitting Club supports RAGS for a second year raising an incredible £2800
We were very honoured this week to be presented with a donation from the Harold Hill Library Knitting Club. These ladies have been busy fundraising for RAGS for the past year, selling their homemade items and raising awareness of Autism in Havering. We are so grateful...
Autism and Special Needs Friendly Activity at Jump Evolution
JUMP EVOLUTION …….. THE COOLEST PLACE TO GET HOT
All staff have had autism awareness training through Anna Kennedy Online.
Autism Services and Support from Havering MyLife
We would like to remind you about the Havering MyLife information website. There is also section on Local Offer which provides details of services and support locally for people with special educational needs and disabilities. This is still being updated so worth...
Afternoon tea raises funds for vital Romford autistic charity
Cream cakes filled with jam and pots of tea helped raise more than £800 for an autistic charity thanks to a heroic mother’s efforts to raise money. Mary Harvey, from Rainham, invited more than 70 people into her house for an afternoon tea in exchange for donations to...
Ben is raising much needed funds for RAGS!
RAGS member Ben Osborn will be taking part in a 9K run on Saturday 9th July to support our charity. He would be pleased to accept any donation, however large or small, every penny goes to support our families. We wish him all the very best!...
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There are no catches or hidden charges and we will be grateful for your donations.
If you wish to make a direct donation to RAGS please use this link Donate (paypal.com), every penny goes directly to supporting our families, we really appreciate the support, thank you.
Autism Friendly Events
Partyman World Events
Parents Sessions
Coffee Morning dates for 2023 at the RAGS Office
Wednesday 11th January 2023
Wednesday 1st February 2023
Other dates will be added nearer the time.
11am to 12.30pm
Please come along for a chat over a cuppa in a relaxed, safe, and secure room. It’s vital for all our mental health mental to have a chat and catchup with a group of like-minded members, who all fully understand the challenges of living with Autism. Plus, we would love to have your input to any ideas you have for RAGS going forward into 2023. For example, at the moment we are planning a Coach Day Trip to the Coast in the Summer Holidays.
We hope to see you then.
The RAGS Trustees
Taunton Hall 90 Taunton Road Harold Hill RM3 7SU
Supported in the last 12 months by
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News & Research
People with autism and learning disabilities excel in creative thinking, study shows
A new study showing that people with autism display higher levels of creativity has been welcomed by campaigners, who say it helps debunk a myth about people with learning disabilities. Scientists found that people with the developmental condition were far more likely to come up with unique answers to creative problems despite having traits that can be socially crippling and make it difficult to find jobs. The co-author of the study, Dr Catherine Best from the University of Stirling, said that while the results, from a study of 312 people, were a measure of just one aspect of the creative process, it revealed a link between autistic traits and unusual and original ideas. Read more at the Guardian
Access to Justice for Children with Autism
MAKING IT FAIR FOR CHILD WITNESSES
Our research focuses on how children with and without an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) fare during different stages of a criminal investigation, and how we can elicit the best evidence that we can from these children.
We hope to answer the following questions in the Making it Fair for Child Witnesses study…
