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Specialist Occupational Therapist
AHP Careers Fellowship 2024-25
Autism Informed Services eBook
This ebook is intended to be an informed level professional learning resource for all NHS professionals working in adult services or with adults. This includes mental health services.
Autistic masking and health services
Appointments: things to know and do
Social interaction and communication with autistic patients
Sensory differences & processing
Autistic wellbeing
Different identities and intersectionality
What could you do next?
Reading & resources
Autistic Adult
Involve autistic people in the design and facilitation of programmes tailored to our foremost needs, linking physical and mental health. Some of the challenge is recognising how we feel and adapting processes to us.
Autistic Adult
More joined up thinking. Autism falls with learning difficulties but if you don’t have a learning difficulty then where do you go because autism isn’t a mental health condition.
Autistic Adult
It’s really important we are consulted and involved in the process – so co-designing services from day one. When you consult with neurodivergent people, the input we give covers neurotypical people as well so if you design with neurodivergent people in mind, you’re making services better for everyone.
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