Support for people with ASD

Hello, 

Just need to ask someone for their personal experiences and support what they think appropriate support is for people

with autism spectrum disorders in a supported accommodation housing setting 

1: what support should someone with autism recieve?

2: What support should they not be receiving 

3: How should the staff behave around me and communicate to me ideas/thoughts/beliefs etc 

4: What support is not appropriate?

Please could someone just give me some information 

Parents
  • Boy! That's got to be so individual. We all have support needs but they are all different.

    I guess the key is defining what your strengths and weaknesses are, making sure they help you with what you can't do, whilst backing off and leaving you alone to get on with what you can do.

    Do you feel the current support is inappropriate? 

  • Hello, 

    Thanks for the reply. 

    Sometimes the support is not good for someone with autism, and they have at times behaved very inappropriately towards me in the past. 

    Staff (I have already mentioned to them before about this) that the staff come and go some times they are always shifting and changing coming and going not good for someone with autism , I personally don't feel comfortable around new people I get nervous and anxious at times but I will do my best to tolerate it and accept it and move on. 

    I have a meeting that should be taking pace with 3 other people so if nothing improves or things deteriorate I have a social worker to review my current placement and move me somewhere else where it is better supported. The power and decision is in my hands

    thanx

  • I think the problem in a lot of these places is that they can't recruit and keep the staff - hence the ever changing personnel.  I'd push to see what they can do to give you more consistency.  I'd also make a list of the things you think are inappropriate and bring those up, possibly in writing before you start.  It maybe they haven't had enough training either.

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  • I think the problem in a lot of these places is that they can't recruit and keep the staff - hence the ever changing personnel.  I'd push to see what they can do to give you more consistency.  I'd also make a list of the things you think are inappropriate and bring those up, possibly in writing before you start.  It maybe they haven't had enough training either.

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