The North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus ‘Open Door’ service is offering a new opportunity to people with autistic spectrum conditions.  

The new ASC outreach service is designed to provide outreach support to people over 16 who have an autistic spectrum condition. Autistic spectrum condition (ASC) is an umbrella term and includes a number of different conditions including autism, Rett’s syndrome, childhood disintegrative disorder and Asperger syndrome. While these are distinct conditions, they all share common features and are seen as lying along a spectrum which ranges from mild symptoms to severely impaired. 

People with an ASC have difficulty making sense of the world. These difficulties are primarily around social interaction and communication, meaning that they can often find social situations difficult and distressing, and as a result can become very isolated.  

The new Open Door service, based as 13 Hainton Avenue, will offer one-to-one support from dedicated and trained outreach support workers including social inclusion, signposting to other agencies, advocacy and support to attend activities and appointments as well as access to all other Open Door services. 

Rob Baty, social care manager for Open Door, said: “Many people with autistic spectrum conditions suffer enormous limitation on their life opportunities because of the absence of adequate support to enable them to fulfil their potential.

“Open Door’s new ASC service works with individuals to develop the skills and confidence to ensure they can aspire to a better tomorrow.” 

Residents wanting further information about the ASC outreach service or Open Door should contact Rob Baty social care manager or Carin Pollexfen senior case worker, 01472 722000 or visit the website at www.opendoorcare.co.uk  

Open Door is an affiliate of the Big Life group.