{"id":51,"date":"2021-08-13T14:36:54","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T13:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wsun.co.uk\/wiltshire-autism-hub\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2026-03-05T10:33:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T10:33:26","slug":"how-we-can-help","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wsun.co.uk\/wiltshire-autism-hub\/how-we-can-help\/","title":{"rendered":"How can we help?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"page-section-block block-margin\">\n    <div class=\"grid-container\">\n        <div class=\"grid-x grid-padding-x\">\n            <div class=\"small-12 medium-10 medium-offset-1 cell\">\n                <div class=\"page-section-block__menu block-margin\">\n                                        <h2 class=\"h4\">Summary<\/h2>\n                                                                <p>This is a summary of the sections within this page. You can go straight to the section you need using the links within this box.<\/p>\n                                        <ul>\n                                            <li>\n                            <a href=\"#1-2-1-support\" class=\"h5\">1-2-1 support<\/a>\n                        <\/li>\n                                            <li>\n                            <a href=\"#Travel-support\" class=\"h5\">Travel support<\/a>\n                        <\/li>\n                                            <li>\n                            <a href=\"#Peer-support-group\" class=\"h5\">Peer support group<\/a>\n                        <\/li>\n                                            <li>\n                            <a href=\"#Information-&amp;-advice\" class=\"h5\">Information &amp; advice<\/a>\n                        <\/li>\n                                        <\/ul>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"grid-container\">\n        <div class=\"grid-x grid-padding-x\">\n            <div class=\"small-12 medium-10 medium-offset-1 cell\">\n                            <div id=\"1-2-1-support\" class=\"page-section-block__content\">\n                                        <h3 class=\" page-section-block__title\">1-2-1 support<\/h3>\n                                                            <p class=\"page-section-block__text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We can talk over the phone, by text, email\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">or meet in person to support you\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">with issues or concerns you may have.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We initially offer one or two sessions. Sessions could be face to face, via telephone or an online meeting via zoom. These sessions would be around us understanding a bit more about you, discussing strategies that might help you and maybe signpost to other support.\u00a0 We may be able to work with you further to look at a particular issue or helping you to achieve a specific goal.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For example:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Understanding your diagnosis<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Issues with your housing\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Claiming Personal Independence Payments (PIP) and other benefits<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Managing your home and routines<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Money issues<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Education, employment or work related issues<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wellbeing and mental health<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We provide non-judgemental support<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>  \n                            <div id=\"Travel-support\" class=\"page-section-block__content\">\n                                        <h3 class=\" page-section-block__title\">Travel support<\/h3>\n                                                            <p class=\"page-section-block__text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Practical travel support for people who would like to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">travel independently for work, to meet friends,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">for college or training.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We offer practical travel support for people who would like to travel independently for work, to meet friends, for college or training.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After meeting you for the first time, we design an individual\u00a0programme of support depending on your skills and needs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A travel supporter will accompany you on your journey until you become confident.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We can work on skills like planning a journey, understanding a timetable, road safety, telling the time, using money or a bus pass and help you to build your confidence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The only cost to\u00a0you are any bus or train fares although where possible we will assist you to apply for a disabled person pass.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>  \n                            <div id=\"Peer-support-group\" class=\"page-section-block__content\">\n                                        <h3 class=\" page-section-block__title\">Peer support group<\/h3>\n                                                            <p class=\"page-section-block__text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Join a group to meet new people, share <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">experiences and support one another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The AS We Are group is a peer support group for autistic adults that meets once a week\u00a0 It is a social group and members often choose what activity they would like to do during each session.\u00a0 There is also informal peer-support from other members and knowledge-sharing. You don\u2019t need to attend every session only the one\u2019s that interest you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We currently meet on zoom and once a month we will have a face to face session at various locations around the county. Group members can suggest places that we might wish to meet.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The group is facilitated by Richard Conlon, who has supported the group since 2015.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anyone in Wiltshire with Autistic can contact the WSUN office (<\/span><a href=\"mailto:info.wsun@btconnect.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">info@wsun.co.uk<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) or Richard Conlon who has run the group since 2015 on (<\/span><a href=\"mailto:richardconlon.wsun@btconnect.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">richardconlon@wsun.co.uk<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0) and ask to be put on the list. You\u2019ll get weekly updates about what the group is doing and also about research, opportunities, surveys and any other information we think you might be interested in.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>  \n                            <div id=\"Information-&amp;-advice\" class=\"page-section-block__content\">\n                                        <h3 class=\" page-section-block__title\">Information &amp; advice<\/h3>\n                                                            <p class=\"page-section-block__text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our website provides useful information and signposting, including <\/span>links to other organisations. <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can either search by a keyword or issue\u00a0<\/span>or follow an information pathway by following this link <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsun.co.uk\/wiltshire-autism-hub\/\">https:\/\/www.wsun.co.uk\/wiltshire-autism-hub\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n                                    <\/div>  \n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-block\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-padding-x\"><div class=\"small-12 medium-10 medium-offset-1 cell\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-51","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How can we help? 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