Clarity Autism Services

20/06/2025

Some fabulous feedback to end the week with 🤩

Very proud of the team for their commitment to collaborative, person-centred, high quality autism assessments! 🙌

28/05/2025

Emotionally Based School Non-Attendance (EBSA) is rising—especially among autistic students.

This BBC article highlights how lack of flexibility with school policies, like limited toilet access, can create significant barriers to attending school - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1kv8vxzn99o

We recently used the ‘Drawing the Ideal School’ exercise with one child to ‘increase the volume’ of their voice and needs, and to consider a seemingly simple fix:

❓They were forced to choose between eating lunch or using the toilet (5 toilets for over 150 students).

✔️The solution? Leaving class two minutes early—so they didn’t have to choose.

Sometimes, the smallest adjustments make the biggest difference.

As professionals dedicated to autism assessment and support, we advocate for approaches that prioritize student well-being and actively involve them - to increase their voice - in shaping their educational experiences.

One girl says not having free access to the toilet was a factor in her decision to be home-schooled.

10/04/2025

We received some lovely feedback from a family this afternoon 🤩

We are very proud to be able to help children, young people and adults to feel appropriately understood and supported 🙏

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

26/02/2025

❓ Looking for a comprehensive NICE compliant autism assessment that doesn’t compromise on quality or speed?

✅ Autism@claritypsychology.com

10/01/2025

“What does your ideal world look like…?”

What a powerful video from Autistica - pledging a commitment to changing attitudes to autistic people, and considering their strengths & needs when designing environments and interventions, and when considering wider health care and employment 🙌❤️

Autistica is the UK’s leading autism research and campaigning charity. Our vision is a world where every autistic person lives a happy, healthy, long life. O...

06/01/2025

Middlesbrough Council are holding an event at the Town Hall on Monday 20th January 2025 - A Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Parent Carer Conference - looks like it could be informative and helpful, and details as to how to attend are in the image below..🤔 📚

03/01/2025

Belated Happy New Year from everyone at Clarity Autism! 🥳 🙌

Our aim for 2025 is to continue to offer high quality, NICE compliant autism assessments to adults, children and young people across the North East.

Last year, these assessments were completed quickly and without compromising on quality, and we are incredibly proud that our average completion time for 2024 - from free initial telephone consultation to detailed assessment feedback - was **57** days!!!!

If you would like further information on our assessment processes, but also the training and consultancy services we provide, then you can contact us at autism@claritypsychology.com

05/11/2024

A really helpful resource has been created by The National Autistic Society – the Know Yourself series – which includes general guides and personalized worksheets to understanding yourself, energy accounting and the wider theme of identity.

A particularly great resource for autistic teenagers!

https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/topics/resources-for-autistic-teenagers

30/09/2024

We are now registered with Bupa and can accept referrals from this insurer!

Please email autism@claritypsychology.com for further information.

26/09/2024

A big thank you to the Durham Centre for Academic Development @ Durham University for inviting Dr Patrick Welsh to their away day.

The workshop focussed upon the concept of neurodiversity and reasonable adjustments, with attendees making pledges at the end of the day to continue their personal development and knowledge in their roles.

Clarity Autism is proud to provide bespoke training packages focusing on autism and neurodiversity for organisations and institutions.

Please contact autism@claritypsychology.com if you would like to hear more about what we can offer.

30/08/2024

Following the HIFAMS questionnaire, here's another helpful exercise to understand how a child feels about school life - Drawing The Ideal School (Williams & Hanke, 2007)

This is particularly helpful when understanding emotionally based school avoidance, and things to consider that may aid any transition back to school 🤲🎓

27/08/2024

It's almost time to return to school, and the 'How I Feel About My School' (HIFAMS) questionnaire is a helpful tool to aid a conversation about how a child feels about school life. 📚❓