AIM South Tyneside

Practical support with things that you might find difficult. This could include help with communication, building self-advocacy skills (speaking up for what you need), learning new things, or gaining confidence. 

Our support is designed to help you live the life you want, feel more independent, and avoid needing more stressful or intensive types of support in the future. 

 Autistic adults and young people aged 14 and over are now eligible for an annual NHS Health Check. Autism In Mind can assist you in accessing your health check. 

 Autistic adults are entitled to an Annual Health Check. If attending your GP practice is difficult, our Health Link Worker, Katie, can help you access a health check, delivered by a clinician, at our Autism Hub. Katie can support with arranging your health check and ensuring reasonable adjustments are put in place to help make the experience more accessible and comfortable.

  Our health Link Practitioner, Katie, is here to help you build confidence, communication and self-advocacy around health needs. 

 Katie can help you to identify health concerns, anxieties and required reasonable adjustments. 

 Katie can develop health passports/alert cards and ensure that these are recorded on EMIS and the NHS Spine. 

Katie can support you to access physical and mental health services, including Talking Therapies.

 Our Admissions Avoidance Link Worker helps prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and supports individuals during unavoidable stays aiming to reduce re-admissions and assist with timely discharge. 

Our link worker can provide:

 Support to understand questions, explain needs, and reduce misunderstandings. 

Preventive support sessions to aid recovery and prevent re-admission.

Strategies tailored to autistic needs to reduce distress. 

A bespoke autism passport which highlights clients’ reasonable adjustments. Reasonable adjustments can be recorded on your NHS Patient Record if desired.

Assessment, intervention, and advice for individuals with sensory processing challenges:

includes in-depth sensory reports, programs, direct work with individuals to set up the programs and/or sensory diets.

Our sensory OT's conduct individual assessments to create personalised sensory diet plans.

Sensory workshops are available for learning about sensory differences and self-support strategies. 

  An autism health passport is designed to help you communicate your needs and preferences to medical professionals. 

Passports may include details about your health needs, communication preferences, and sensory needs.

Reasonable Adjustments

Passports list specific accommodations required, such as a quiet waiting area or extra time for appointments.

Reasonable adjustments can also be recorded on your NHS Patient Record if desired.

Passports can be used in various healthcare settings, including GP surgeries, hospitals, and mental health services.