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Social prescribing - has anyone used the service?

Iain

I've noticed a few people talking about a newish service from the NHS called Social prescribing which sounds like it could be of a lot of use to us autists.

https://www.england.nhs.uk/personalisedcare/social-prescribing/

There do seem many areas which cover autistic needs:

Social prescribing is an all-age, whole population approach that works particularly well for people who:

- have one or more long term conditions
- who need support with low level mental health issues
- who are lonely or isolated
- who have complex social needs which affect their wellbeing.

Has anyone found this service to be offered locally? I would be interested in hearing your feedback on whether the staff are knowledgable about autism and if they have the resources to offer a meaningful service.

Parents

  • The problem with social proscribing is it's implimented with a 1 size fits all aproch usualy which is no good for autistic people. You get geeks who spend all their time indoors gameing going to the GP and told to go to the hiking group when honestly a DVD watching club or LAN party club might have been a better fit. But they only have resorces to run one or 2 clubs.

  • in reply to Peter

    The social prescriber doesn't run the clubs? They point you to existing groups.

  • in reply to Fibonacci Squid

    In which case what is the point of it? I've more faith in google than an NHS case worker to find local social groups.

    I know in my area the GPs list a number of groups they refer to for social proscribing and they are all outdoorsy hiking / gardening type groups.

  • in reply to Peter

    I prefer to walk on myown, it's when I do my best thinking. I'm not allowed in gyms, or rather I'm only allowed to use the treadmill and exercise bike, and they don't really want me because they're worried about insurance liabilities because of my health problems. I hate gyms personally, they're loud, germ laden and smelly and have to many people and even worse competitive people. I've always thought 'why pay to walk on a treadmill, when I'd only have to go and walk the dog, and I can do that for free'. I used to love my skiing machine, but they don't seem to do them anymore, they seem to have been replaced with cross trainers, which I find difficult as I'm not co-ordinated enough and they just don't suit me. But each to thier own. I think for many people who are lonely and feel isolated then doing something like walking with a group can motivate them and they can drop in and out of conversations.

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  • in reply to Peter

    I prefer to walk on myown, it's when I do my best thinking. I'm not allowed in gyms, or rather I'm only allowed to use the treadmill and exercise bike, and they don't really want me because they're worried about insurance liabilities because of my health problems. I hate gyms personally, they're loud, germ laden and smelly and have to many people and even worse competitive people. I've always thought 'why pay to walk on a treadmill, when I'd only have to go and walk the dog, and I can do that for free'. I used to love my skiing machine, but they don't seem to do them anymore, they seem to have been replaced with cross trainers, which I find difficult as I'm not co-ordinated enough and they just don't suit me. But each to thier own. I think for many people who are lonely and feel isolated then doing something like walking with a group can motivate them and they can drop in and out of conversations.

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