Priority 1: Improving health and wellbeing
What we have heard
Most people find it hard to access activities, support and services.
Most people find it hard to access activities, support and services.
There is poor understanding about autism and how it affects people’s lives.
There is poor understanding about autism and how it affects people’s lives.
Most people find it hard to access health care services.
Most people find it hard to access health care services.
Most people have to wait a long time to get a diagnosis of autism.
Most people have to wait a long time to get a diagnosis of autism.
There is not always enough support after getting a diagnosis of autism.
There is not always enough support after getting a diagnosis of autism.
Just over half of people said healthcare staff have a poor or very poor understanding of autism.
Just over half of people said healthcare staff have a poor or very poor understanding of autism.
Just over half of people said it was hard to access social care support.
Just over half of people said it was hard to access social care support.
What we will do now
1. Make and share more accessible information about getting a diagnosis of autism.
1. Make and share more accessible information about getting a diagnosis of autism.
2. Raise awareness of autism in East Sussex, including the good that autistic people bring to the community and the workplace.
2. Raise awareness of autism in East Sussex, including the good that autistic people bring to the community and the workplace.
3. Involve autistic people in making sure services are accessible.
3. Involve autistic people in making sure services are accessible.
4. Share examples of services that support autistic people well.
4. Share examples of services that support autistic people well.
5. Share information and advice about support services that meet people’s individual needs.
5. Share information and advice about support services that meet people’s individual needs.
6. Help health and support staff to have a better understanding of autism.
6. Help health and support staff to have a better understanding of autism.
7. Help council staff to have a better understanding of autism.
7. Help council staff to have a better understanding of autism.
8. Raise awareness of autism health and care passports and alert cards.
8. Raise awareness of autism health and care passports and alert cards.
10. Develop autism training champions across organisations that support people with autism.
10. Develop autism training champions across organisations that support people with autism.
11. Improve access to peer support groups for autistic people and their families.
11. Improve access to peer support groups for autistic people and their families.
12. Support the places that autistic people access health care and support to be more friendly and accessible.
12. Support the places that autistic people access health care and support to be more friendly and accessible.
13. Bring about autism annual health checks.
13. Bring about autism annual health checks.
9. Raise awareness of healthcare Digital Flags that show that a person needs reasonable adjustments when they are accessing healthcare.
9. Raise awareness of healthcare Digital Flags that show that a person needs reasonable adjustments when they are accessing healthcare.