What services should we develop to autistic adults

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Margot

Administrator
Members on our forum were asked what are their priorities for developing new services for autistic adults.

Their answers were:

  • Transforming the attitudes to autism in society, autism acceptance​

  • Mental health and wellbeing​

  • Employment​

  • Helping to manage transitions​

  • Relationships​


With these priorities in mind we are launching Pathway - a new mentoring programme aiming to support wellbeing. We are also running Tool Up mentoring into employment programme.

What other services that are lacking should we develop?

Any comments and ideas welcome!


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All very good and very interesting; I don't have any responses in this moment, but will be reflecting. Also commenting to make sure I follow the thread and see others' replies.
 
I believe that ND people need access to personal assistants, through Social Services(Dir
Durotrigan said:
All very good and very interesting; I don't have any responses in this moment, but will be reflecting. Also commenting to make sure I follow the thread and see others' replies.
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ect Payments), to enable them to live a full meaningful and purposeful life within their communities to protect their equality and basic human rights to independent/interdependent living.
 
There needs to be better support in work, ideally, an official body that or organisation that can actually step in and push employers to take responsibility for ND staff as most of the Autistic groups I have worked with can only offer advise and support, they wont actually intercede on you behalf and finding it hard to get in touch with ACAS. I have had advise gvien on three occassions and been told they dont have to follow it, but, there seems few organisation who are will to step in and say "yes you do."