24/09/2025
Story 1: Ben’s story Derriford Autism Service
Ben came along to share his story with the Board. Ben is Autistic, without a learning disability, and came along and shared a video explaining what it is like for him to attend hospital appointments. He gave a wonderful analogy of what it feels like to have sensory overload when visiting Derriford Hospital. Ben talked about the support he needs attending hospital appointments and how the Learning Disability and Autism Liaison team help him with this, making it easier, and said he would struggle to attend appointments without their support. Saoirse and Ali came along too from the Liaison Team to support Ben. Ben thanked the team for their “care, kindness and understanding” and in his video described doing an abseil to raise funds for the hospital. Board leaders thanked Ben for coming along and asked him questions about what else might be helpful in a hospital setting, his thoughts on a new electronic patient record and made an offer to help Ben make more videos that can be shared with staff to help improve their knowledge and understanding of autism. Ben’s video can be watched here:
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