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Pan Dorset Adult Autistic Spectrum Strategy

About this Consultation

Consultation on the Pan Dorset Adult Autistic Spectrum Condition Commissioning Strategy

We are currently consulting on the Autistic Spectrum Condition Strategy for Dorset.  This process will help raise awareness of the plans we have to support people with autism and their families / carers in the future. 

The development of the 2009 Autism Act prompted Dorset to begin work on a new strategy for supporting Adults in Dorset.  Since then, statutory guidance has been released and the actions in Dorset’s Strategy broadly reflect these. 
 
It is estimated that there are more than 5,000 adults with autism in Dorset and many have never had a formal diagnosis.  Locally, we know that some people are supported by statutory services but many more people, who may have received some support as children, are not receiving support as adults.  Nationally and locally there is evidence that people need better support.

To produce a strategy for Dorset a workshop involving people with autism, their carers, and professionals from statutory and voluntary services was held.  The main aim was to achieve a consensus around the outcomes for people with autism and find out how we can best support them.

The outcomes were agreed as:

• Experience a greater responsiveness of services to greatly varying individual need.
• A good quality of life - in particular social, material, physical and emotional wellbeing.
• Greater inclusion – i.e. access to employment, leisure, housing and education.
• Access to support without having to have a crisis.
• Consistent and accessible diagnosis and access to support.
• Promoting and supporting independent living, including employment.

We now need to consult on whether the actions in the strategy will result in better outcomes for people in Dorset.  However, it is worth noting that no additional resources were made available to meet the Act so our priorities were focussed on changing current practice rather developing a new service.
 
Your input at this stage is invaluable to check that our plans will improve outcomes for people in Dorset.

To log your response please download the strategy on this page, before downloading and completing the short feedback form. 

If you prefer, the feedback form can be completed on-line via this link:  http://www.dorsetforyou.com/media/swf/5/f/autism_strategy_survey.htm

If you would prefer a copy of both the strategy and the feedback form in any other format, please contact Lucy Bishop on 01305 224738.

Results

Although the response to the consultation was not overwhelming, constructive feedback from a range of individuals including people with autism and their families, the voluntary sector, services providers and statutory agencies was received. There were also two detailed responses from specialist teams in Dorset who have first hand experience of supporting people with autism.

Many of the issues raised in the consultation can be used to improve the action plan, particularly in relation to the content, method and targeting of training, awareness raising, and the development of advice and guidance.

The consultation also highlighted the need to look in more detail at the development of a care pathway to ensure that it accounts for the concerns raised by the specialist teams.

A summary of the consultation findings can be found attached below.

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