Our vision

Our vision for Stockport in 2026 is to be a place where autistic individuals are valued and understood. We will have delivered on the following promises:

  • we will have improved relationships with our autistic community and communicate messages clearly

  • we will have improved our support offer for autistic adults, children and their families and ensure that support is put in place from identification of need, regardless of a diagnosis

  • we will have a better understanding of the needs our autistic adults over the age of 30 to allow us to provide greater support

  • we will have improved our understanding of how autism presents in girls and women to prevent them from continuing to be misdiagnosed or undiagnosed

  • we will have better trained staff implementing reasonable adjustments enabling greater access to healthcare services for our autistic community

  • we will have promoted the use of neuro-affirmative, strength-based language