Neurodiverse Self Advocacy Mentoring Through Transition project

我是一个神经多样性的社会企业家和神经多样性自我倡导的创始人。我们是一个基层自闭症领导的国家在线自我倡导和同伴支持组织，挑战传统的态度自闭症，倡导和鼓励自闭症领导的理解，通过那些有生活经验的人重新获得领导力。我们的使命是：“支持和使神经分歧者能够过上健康和充实的生活，实现他们的生活目标，发挥他们的潜力，以实现平等，充分为社会做出贡献。“我们为自闭症成年人开设了一个自我宣传信息网站和论坛，以及一个就业指导计划。这个项目开发了一个以人为本的过渡辅导，包括一个论坛支持小组和自闭症患者提供的在线课程，通过这种方式，建立一个自闭症自我辩护和同伴对同伴支持网络，帮助自闭症成年人克服健康方面的劣势。我们将培训自闭症成年人，指导其他自闭症成年人，科普变化和不确定性。自闭症患者在当前的危机中特别脆弱，因为他们的日常生活被打乱，他们在不确定性和强制隔离中遭受高度焦虑和抑郁，这切断了他们所依赖的少数社会联系，关闭了支持服务，并将他们与家人隔离。我们的重点是那些所谓的“低层次需求”的人，他们没有资格获得现有的支持，无法获得帮助，患有严重的心理健康问题（70%），自杀（66%），经济困难（45%），预期寿命缩短16年，自杀是早逝的主要原因--利用自闭症患者的技能和能量，他们愿意指导他人，特别是在当前危机中作为一种保障和支持。国家审计署发现，在支持需求较低的人方面存在差距。我们正在填补这一空白。研究表明，幸福围绕着积极的自闭症身份，减少焦虑的问题解决和社会支持的感知。我们的项目旨在确保自闭症患者在COVID-19疫情后不会被遗弃。该项目改变了导师和学员的生活，它建立了自闭症社区的能力，减轻了残疾的劣势，并解决了社会排斥问题。我们拥有强大的团队。我们正在与领先的自闭症研究人员和专业人士合作，为自闭症成年人提供所需的支持。

I am a neurodivergent social entrepreneur and founder of Neurodiverse Self Advocacy.We are a grassroots autistic-led national online self-advocacy and peer-support organisation, challenging traditional attitudes to autism, championing and encouraging autistic led understanding, reclaiming leadership by those with lived experience.Our mission is:"The support and enablement of Neurodivergent People to lead healthy and fulfilling lives, achieve their life goals and realise their potential in order to achieve equality and fully contribute to society."We run a self-advocacy information site and forum and a mentoring into employment programme for autistic adults.This project develops a person-centred Transitions Mentoring and includes a forum support group and online course delivered by autistic people, this way building an autistic self-advocacy and peer-to-peer support network helping autistic adults overcome the disadvantages in wellbeing.We will train autistic adults to mentor other autistic adults to cope with change and uncertainty.Autistic people are particularly vulnerable in the current crisis as their routine is disrupted, they suffer from heightened anxiety and depression amid uncertainty and imposed isolation, which cut the few social connections they rely on, closed support services and isolated them from family members. They struggle to seek and find help, and may reach crisis points without support.Our focus is on people with so called 'lower level needs' ineligible for existing support, unable to access help and suffering from crippling mental health problems (70%), suicidality (66%), financial hardship (45%), 16 years shorter life expectancy, suicide being the lead cause of early death - by harnessing skills and energies of autistic people who are ready to mentor others, in particular as a safeguard and support amid the current crisis.The National Audit Office identified a gap in support for people with lower support needs. We are filling this gap.Research shows that wellbeing centres around positive autism identity, anxiety reducing problem solving and perception of social support. Our programme aims to ensure that autistic people are not left behind after COVID19\.The project is life changing for both mentors and mentees, it builds capacity of the autistic community, relieves the disadvantage of disability and tackles social exclusion.We have a strong team. We are working with leading autism researchers and professionals to deliver the support autistic adults need.