The Council for Disabled Children and Partners in Care and Health would like to thank the group of parent carers, experts by experience and practitioners that contributed to the development of this guide. Their expertise and insights have been invaluable throughout this process and have helped us to ensure that the contents of the guide are aligned with the needs of autistic young people who move on from children’s social care and health services.
This research produced by Isos Partnership, commissioned by the Local Government Association (LGA) is an addendum to our report on the future of the SEND system in England.
This explainer for council staff aims to help council staff understand the concept of diagnostic overshadowing which can impact on people with a learning disability and autistic people and to give practitioners strategies to prevent diagnostic overshadowing if they come across this when working with people.
Self-advocacy plays a critical role in supporting and promoting people’s human rights. This resource provides information to support the commissioning of self-advocacy and peer-to-peer support for people with a learning disability and autistic people.
The following summary sets out a new programme of sector led improvement support for adult social care and public health services available to councils in 2025/26.
This resource was developed following consultation with Principal Occupational Therapists (POTs) from the national and ADASS regional POT networks and incorporates learning and tips from POTs who have gone through Care Quality Commission (CQC) Assessment.
Following discussions with Principal Occupational Therapists (POTs) from the national and ADASS regional POT networks, we developed this short resource to support the occupational therapy workforce as part of council preparations for Care Quality Commission (CQC) assessment. We hope it will increase their confidence in speaking positively and confidently about their work.
