The project was delivered over in 2 stages, the original project funded by the Burdett Trust for Nursing and the factographic project was funded by NHS England in 2022.
The Burdett Trust for Nursing project sort to understand the needs of autism in the early years. It gathered insights from experts, health visitors, families and those with lived experience to understand what autism in babies and children looks like pre, during and post diagnosis and what support families need.
Following this an Ambassador Changing Conversations training programme was developed, along with a variety of resources to support practice.
📖 Burdett Autism End of Project Report (May 2021)
📖 Insights report - Changing Conversations (Dec 2020)
If you are interested in this training programme, you can find out more here.
The factographic built on this project, to create a simple resource about autism in the early years, aimed at professionals and parents. Through co-design with professionals, parents, families, and those with lived experience, we produced an interactive resource which supports the understanding of autism in very young children and babies, and what support families may need before diagnosis.
There are 4 sections to the factographic:
- Working with families – insights from those with lived experience, about what life is like with autism, and before diagnosis.
- Key facts – background facts and signs of autism and dispels some common myths.
- Communication –information about the different ways autistic people may communicate, tools that can support communication development.
- Support for you – highlighting various organisations that support families and professionals with different aspects of autism.