Neurodiversity

A toolkit to help homelessness teams improve their support to people who are, or may be, autistic.

Presentation recordings & slides from the Outreach Learning Forum: a series of interactive, online sessions aimed at rough sleeping outreach workers, to increase knowledge of how to support individuals with complex needs. Topics covered include: learning disabilities, brain injury, self-neglect and mental health.

This toolkit has been written by Dr Anna Tickle at Framework and Opportunity Nottingham with contributions from Westminster City Council, Change Communication, Professor Karen McKenzie at Northumbria University and Groundswell. There is also an accompanying webinar with Dr Tickle and other speakers.

There is a growing awareness of the links between homelessness and conditions such as Autism and acquired brain injury. This webinar discusses how these conditions relate to homelessness, some good practice suggestions around how to recognise the differences and respond effectively and where to go for more information.

Find out how you can support the people who access your service with their speech, language and communication needs.

Resources from Homeless Link’s Dementia Training Project.