Lifetime Opportunities

Autism

"We are able to provide services for individuals across the whole Autistic Spectrum"

Autism is a lifelong development disability that affects the way a person communicates and relates to people around them. Children and adults with autism have difficulties with everyday social interaction. Their ability to develop friendships is generally limited as is their capacity to understand other people’s emotional expression (NAS, 2005).

People with autism generally experience three main areas of difficulty, known as the triad of impairments:

Social Interaction - difficulty with social relationships, for example appearing aloof and indifferent to other people
Social Communication - difficulty with verbal and non-verbal communications, for example not fully understanding the meaning of common gestures, facial expressions or tone of voice
Imagination - difficulty in the development of interpersonal play and imagination, for example having a limited range of imaginative activities, possibly copied and pursued rigidly and repetitively

We are able to provide services for individuals across the whole Autistic Spectrum, which are needs-led. Each person receives an individually formulated care package, reflecting how aware we are that each person and their circumstances is unique. This care package is created through diagnoses and assessments of how the individual is affected within the Triad of Impairments.