Spectrum Connection CIC

Spectrum Connection CIC We are also developing our service to become specialists in AAC for autistic children. Amanda is the founder of Spectrum Connection CIC. Amanda is autistic.

Spectrum Connection CIC is a specialist autism service based in Salford (near Manchester), providing evidence-based, respectful, child- and family-focused early support for children under the age of five. Spectrum Connection CIC provides Paediatric Autism Communication Therapy (PACT) for parents or carers of young autistic children, or with complex communication differences, either pre- or post-di

agnosis. We are a not-for-profit Community Interest Company (CIC) that exists to benefit autistic children and their families. She ran The Rainbow Project, an Ofsted-rated ‘outstanding’ early intervention service for autistic children, for over three years. Amanda is trained in and is passionate about respectful, child-led methods of intervention, particularly PACT, and the DIR/Floortime model. Amanda has a Masters in Autism in Children from the University of Birmingham (2019). Amanda has written for The National Autistic Society: Network Autism, and has presented at several conferences on the subject of early intervention in autism. PACT is not about changing a child, but about entering their world, gaining a fuller understanding of them, and giving them the best opportunities to communicate to their highest potential. Please see our website for more details about PACT, and our other communication services.

Happy anniversary to me! Today marks 15 years since I received my autism diagnosis. The autism world has changed a huge ...
06/02/2024

Happy anniversary to me! Today marks 15 years since I received my autism diagnosis. The autism world has changed a huge amount since then. I was put in touch with one of the very first autism mentors whilst at university (now there are thousands all around the country). There was a small group of autistic people that used to meet once a week. I really thought that the six of us were the only autistic students there! I felt so old, getting my diagnosis at 19. But now, 19 seems so young, and I know people in their 40s, 50s and 60s that are just being diagnosed. I am grateful to have spent practically my entire adulthood knowing this truth about myself. In 2009, we used to call ourselves ‘Aspies’, and one of the first books I ever read was Aspergirls, which was revolutionary at the time. I remember reading blogs written by parents about their young autistic children, and although I found these beautiful and insightful, I didn’t see myself anywhere. There was so little knowledge about autism in people like me, and yet I found people that saw my humanity everywhere I went.

Getting that diagnosis on the 6th February, 2009, changed the course of my entire life. I remember sitting in my university hall of residence, and I felt as though the entire world had just tilted 90° and I had to get used to this new way of living. Then as time went on, my whole way of being and seeing and doing shifted into that new 90° angle and then I couldn’t imagine it ever going back to how it was. I am so grateful that people being diagnosed in 2024 have a whole community and access to information and knowledge that they are whole and don’t need to change. I am also so grateful that I did get my own diagnosis in 2009 and have let my life be shaped by this knowledge. I imagine going back to tell 19-year-old Amanda what her life is like in 2024, and how that would be absolutely inconceivable to her. I wonder what 49-year-old Amanda will be like in another 15 years!

🌼 We still have spaces for fully funded therapy! 🌼We provide child-focused therapy that supports parents and children to...
21/08/2023

🌼 We still have spaces for fully funded therapy! 🌼

We provide child-focused therapy that supports parents and children to connect, develop their understanding of one another, learn ways to support communication, and feel more confident.

I’ve been learning about other really important topics that can also support autistic children – particularly gestalt language processing, and using AAC. I would be thrilled to also share all this knowledge with you!

We are able to support families in receipt of certain benefits, with a child aged five or under, who live within Greater Manchester. Please share and get in touch 🤩

💓💓 I know this post won't show up for many people as I've not been active on here for a long time. If you see this post, please can you like and comment on it, or share it? I really want to be able to support as many families as possible and I can't do that if they don't know we exist. Thank you 🥰

We have generous funding from the National Lottery, and are now able to offer FREE, fully-funded PACT intervention to parents/carers on a lower income in Greater Manchester.

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Salford

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 7pm
Thursday 9am - 7pm
Sunday 9am - 7pm

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