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Lincolnshire All Age Autism Strategy

Lincolnshire All Age Autism Strategy

Autism All Age Strategy for Lincolnshire

We want to support autistic people of all ages and their families, so that they have an equal opportunity to lead fulfilling and rewarding lives.

Autism Strategy for Lincolnshire

We are pleased to present Lincolnshire’s All-Age Autism Strategy 2019-2022, which has been developed by the Lincolnshire Autism Partnership Board (LAPB). This builds upon the work that has already been progressed as part of the first local autism strategy for the county that was launched in 2015.

The purpose of this strategy is to set out our objectives and strategic direction over the next three years. We want to support autistic people of all ages and their families, so that they have an equal opportunity to lead fulfilling and rewarding lives. The document below outlines our commitment in Lincolnshire to do more to help autistic people and how we intend to deliver on the objectives set out within the national autism strategy at a local level.

It is important that Lincolnshire has a plan about autism so that:

  • More people understand what autism is
  • Autistic people get the help they need when they need it
  • Services improve how they work to make it easier for autistic people to use them
  • Autistic people and their families can be involved to help make services better
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The LAPB is responsible for overseeing the delivery of this strategy. It consists of a range of representatives from partner organisations and stakeholders, who are working in collaboration to try to push this agenda forward and develop ways of improving services and support for autistic people. The LAPB includes professionals from health and social care, education, mainstream public services, voluntary sector organisations and, importantly, autistic people and their family members and carers.

In developing our local autism strategy, the main focus has been on how we can achieve the 15 Priority Challenges for Action that are set out in the government’s national autism strategy. We have identified some key themes and issues locally that we will aim to prioritise and we will implement an action plan to address the concerns that are of most importance to autistic people and their families in Lincolnshire.

We welcome as many public services, partner organisations and members of the community joining us to help deliver this strategy and ensure that Lincolnshire is a place that respects and supports all autistic people who live here.

There is also a summary version of the strategy available below.

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15 Priority Challenges for Action

The 15 Priority Challenges for Action are listed below. The 5 priorities that people feel are most important are highlighted in bold:

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We want to be accepted for who we are within our local community and for people to have an awareness and acceptance of autism.
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We want our views and aspirations to be taken into account when decisions are made in Lincolnshire and to know that services and support here is as good as other places in the country.
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We want to know how to connect with other people and have access to local autism peer support.
We want the everyday services we use to know how to make reasonable adjustments to meet our individual needs and for staff to be aware and accepting of autism.
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We want to be safe in our community and free from the risk of discrimination, hate and mate crime, and abuse.
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We want to be seen as individuals and for our gender, sexual orientation and race to be taken into account.
We want a timely diagnosis from trained professionals and information and support throughout the pre and post diagnostic process.
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We want good information about autism needs to be maintained in the local Joint Strategic Needs Assessment, so that person-centred health, care and support services is available for autistic people.
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We want staff in health and social care services to understand autism and how this affects us as an individual.
We want to know that our family and carers can get help and support when they need it.
We want services to understand how autism affects us differently and to be supported through various life changes, such as transition from school, getting older or when a person close to us dies.
We want people to recognise our autism and adapt the support they provide based on any additional needs we have, such as a mental health problem, a learning disability or if we communicate through behaviours which others may find challenging.
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If we are a victim of crime or break the law, we want the criminal justice system to think about autism and how to work well with other services.

Developing our skills and independence and working to the best of our ability.

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We want the same opportunities as everyone else to enhance our skills, to be empowered by services and to be as independent as possible.
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We want support to get a job and support from our employer to help keep it.
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