Derriford Autism Service

04/10/2025

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🌊 Free autism friendly swim sessions for families!

As part of our Short Breaks offer, you can enjoy a free swim at Plympton Pool on Sundays from 10.30 to 11.30am.

The weekly sessions are designed for children and young people with autism and their families 💙
✅ Free to attend
✅ Calm and welcoming environment
✅ A great way to spend time together

To book, click here 👇
https://plymouthcouncil.gladstonego.cloud/book
➡️ Select Plympton Pool and ‘Autism Friendly Swim’

06/05/2025

28/03/2025

The Autistica Tips Hub app allows you to access high quality, evidence-based information about autism, and explore tips submitted by the users. The Tips Hub is designed with and for autistic people, their families, and professionals to support their search for accurate and helpful resources on a wide range of community-chosen topics, including financial resilience, mental health, and wellbeing.

To make sure that the app continues to be as effective as possible for family members, Autistica is researching how the Tips Hub supports the autism and neurodiversity knowledge, confidence and skills and wellbeing of users who have caring responsibilities for an autistic family member.

If you are a family member of an autistic individual, help us make more of a difference. Take part in our research today to receive online vouchers for your time, and be part of a draw to win £100:


Step 1: Download the app.

(Available on Apple AppStore and Google Play)

Step 2: Register your details.

Step 3: Opt-in to research when asked for your consent.

Step 4: Explore. Search the evidence-based resources, upvote your favourites, and bookmark resources to read later. Read through tips submitted by the autistic community, family members, and professionals. Submit your own. Be part of a growing evidence base of high-quality information.

18/03/2025

The Learning Disability and Autism Liaison service is running at a reduced capacity at present.

We will endeavour to respond to all correspondence at our earliest opportunity. We appreciate your understanding at this time.

For all enquiries, please call 01752 431566/01752 432134 where you can leave a voicemail, and a member of the clinical team will respond once available.

You can also email the team on
plh-tr.learningdisabilityhospitalteam@nhs.net /
plh-tr.derrifordautismservice@nhs.net. For training enquiries, please email plh-tr.learningdisabilityandautismtraining@nhs.net.

17/03/2025

We’re proud to be supporting Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2025! 🌟

This week is all about challenging misconceptions, breaking down barriers, and celebrating the incredible strengths and talents of neuro-divergent individuals.

Together, let’s create a more inclusive world that understands and champions neurodiversity in all its forms.

14/03/2025

🍀FAREWELL, NATASHA🍀

This time next week, there will be a Natasha sized hole in The Learning Disability and Autism Service as she and her husband will be returning home to Ireland to live their dream life.

Natasha has given her heart and soul to this team for the past 5 years, playing a fundamental role in supporting and advocating for hundreds of patients to ensure they receive the quality of care that they deserve.

Natasha, you have made such an impact on every member of this team and you will sorely missed, however, we are all so incredibly happy for you and wish you nothing but happiness for the future.

Ireland will be very lucky to have you.

24/02/2025

📢JOB VACANCY📢

We currently have a vacancy within the Learning Disability and Autism Liaison department.

Please click on the job advert for more information and to apply!

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Good luck!

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21/02/2025

⭐️ LEARNING DISABILITY AND AUTISM CHAMPION AWARDS 2025 ⭐️

If you would like to nominate a member of staff to receive a Champion Award, please email the team on plh-tr.learningdisabilityhospitalteam@nhs.net with their name, ward/department and brief description of why they are being nominated.

Anyone can submit a nomination, whether you are a patient, relative or another member of staff.

The event will take place on Thursday 1st May 2025.

23/01/2025

WOW 🤩! What a turn out for our first Link Practitioner Meeting of 2025! And what a great meeting it was.

We had special guests from The Inclusivity Group LTD who spoke to us in length about the support they offer to people from all backgrounds, whether that is to support them to get into college, work or even to socialise and enjoy life!

Thank you to everyone who attended today. We will see you all soon for our next meeting ☺️!

30/09/2024

I apologise for the delay in posting. But here is the stall the Derriford Autism and Learning Disability Team manned at the recent Neurodiversity Festival on 21st September.

It was a great day, lots of visitors and the weather was lovely.

Roll on 2025!

06/09/2024

📢 IT'S TIME TO CELEBRATE 📢

On Saturday 21st September, located within Devonport Park, The Learning Disability and Autism Liaison Team will be attending Plymouth's Neurodiversity Festival 2024.

This event is free to attend and is open to ALL. Come along, enjoy the food stalls, entertainment and come and say hi to the team. (We might even have some of our perfectly purple new lanyards to hand out 😁).

We look forward to seeing you 🥳

05/09/2024

✨Don't forget to view our team notice board located on Level 7, just before you get to the restaurant✨

You will find useful information, team updates, photos and up to date contact information.