Customer Support
01722 568604
Customer Support
01722 568604
Who we are:
Autism Wessex provides services including social care services, adult residential services and an information and advocacy service. The charity also operates Portfield School, a specialist school providing education to children with autism and associated difficulties aged between 3 and 19. Autism Wessex recently celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2018.
What we do:
Our help is varied and far reaching. We provide three main areas of support:
Portfield School, a non-maintained special school based in Christchurch, Dorset, was founded in 1971 by parents of children with autism. Managed by Autism Wessex, the school supports children and young people with autism and associated difficulties aged 3-19.
We offer free information and advice on a range of autism related topics to help people with autism, families and professionals to access services and plan for the future. Advice and information is available on diagnosis, education, behaviour, employment, benefits and support services.
The service also includes drop-in groups, benefits workshops and autism training programmes.
Community Support & Residential Services
Our Community Support and Residential Services offer a range of personalised social care services for people with autism and associated difficulties.
Why we need you:
Having recently celebrated our 50th anniversary, we need supporters like you to take on a challenge like skydiving for the charity; so that together we can ensure our services are available for a further 50 years.
Autism affects around 700,000 people in the UK. If you include their families, autism is a part of daily life for 2.8 million people.
Our services are available to anyone who needs it – people with autism and associated difficulties, as well as their families and professionals.
With your help, you can help us continue to support anyone affected by autism, so they can continue to rely on us for support.
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