Living with autism 24/7: How can autism awareness help people with autism? Autism Awareness Month encourages us all to educate ourselves and others about autism – dispelling myths and misconceptions. Autism Awareness Month is an annual event taking place throughout April.   What is Autism Awareness Week 2024? Autism Awareness Week, also known as Autism...Continue Reading

A Place To Call Home: World Autism Acceptance Week 2024 and Empowering Autistic People through Supported Housing Autism, estimated to affect around 700,000 people in the UK, is a lifelong developmental disability which affects how people can communicate and interact with the world. It’s one of the more widely recognised types of neurodiversity with 99%...Continue Reading

As Zetetick looks to expand to other regions there is growth anticipated in the not-so-distant future, meaning more tenants will benefit from Zetetick’s services. – Natasha, Zetetick trustee Meet Zetetick Trustees Some of the most important volunteers in any charity are on the board. The role of the trustee is an essential one, and everyone...Continue Reading

Adult safeguarding – recognising different types of abuse The safeguarding of our tenants is at the heart of our work – creating safe spaces and homes for our service users. In our recent article, we talked about safeguarding and the measures that Zetetick put in place to protect the vulnerable individuals that we work with....Continue Reading

How does hoarding affect some vulnerable adults? Following the New Year, we begin to look forward to Spring which is traditionally seen as a time to thoroughly clean one’s home and declutter the items that no longer serve us. But for those with autism and/or learning disabilities or mental health conditions, keeping on top of...Continue Reading