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Music helps Jamie shape his understanding of the world

Jamie attends our BROCS autism day service in West Yorkshire. He’s visually impaired and non-verbal, so the sounds he hears around him help shape his understanding of the world. Music is highly effective for Jamie and helps to focus his ...

Helping Thomas overcome his fear of animals

Please note: all social activities and interactions mentioned in this piece took place prior to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. All staff are ensuring that the people we support are safe during this difficult time whilst helping them to understand and ...

Small steps to a brighter future – Adam’s story

Adam*, an autistic person we support, first came to one of our services in the South East, in September 2017. Shortly after arriving at the care home, from hospital, his support team soon realised that Adam* was struggling to engage ...

Daniel’s hard drive towards independence

Daniel moved to one of our specialist autism care homes in Portsmouth, in 2014. He’d always been keen to gain more independence from the get go, so staff have continuously supported him to take steps towards this goal. Securing his ...

Developing together: How the Elmsmead team have gone from good to fantastic

We caught up with Saskia, Service Manager at one of our autism specialist homes, Elmsmead, about the autism journey herself and her dedicated team of staff have been on. Elmsmead are one of our 34 services currently working towards the ...

Ann’s bus trip – How the team in Eastleigh have helped Ann face her challenges

About Ann* Ann* is a lady with a severe learning disability and autism who, at times, exhibits very challenging behaviour. She is verbal with a limited vocabulary and is very able to communicate her needs and choices. Ann* is hypersensitive ...

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Stan’s adventurous day out

About Stan* Stan*is a gentleman with a severe learning disability and autism which includes a hypersensitivity to noise and issues around how his day is structured and routine. He’s been living at our services since 2014 when he transitioned from ...

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Making big improvements since the autism specialism to Reading services

Sarah, service manager at one of our Reading services, has shared the major improvements they’ve made at the home since implementing the new autism specialism late last year. Our staff have specifically seen positive developments in the lives of the ...

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How the autism accreditation journey has changed Zavier’s life

Since starting their NAS autism accreditation journey, the team of staff and the people we support at a service in Hampshire have seen dramatic improvements in their daily lives. Here, we share a story of transformation about Zavier*, an autistic ...

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First time flyer at Ling Crescent

Jackie and Helen are two people we support at Ling Crescent in Hampshire, one of our 33 specialist autism services who are currently working towards accreditation by the National Autistic Society. Jackie and Helen were supported by staff to plan ...

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Ant’s living a better life, thanks to our Scotland services

Ant*, who we support in Scotland, was previously supported by another provider up until early 2016 – and since then, there has been a remarkable difference in him, thanks to the staff team at our services. About Ant* Ant* has ...

Kelly’s inspired by our autism specialism

Kelly Barnard, service manager at one of our services in Scarborough, supports one autistic person with extremely complex needs. After implementing some of our new autism-specific procedures, she is already seeing an improvement in their quality of life. Penny* has very ...

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