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Do you support autistic people? This toolkit is for you.

Below are some important topics that people said they wanted health and social care providers to know about or provide. We hope that these resources will foster understanding and promote better support for autistic adults' intimate lives.

We share some of the main themes to emerge out of discussions with autistic people about their intimate lives and signpost you to other important existing resources.

Starting Conversations to Support Intimate Lives:
A guide for social care professionals

Helping you put intimate lives on the menu for support. Include sexual and romantic relationships in conversations about support in a way that fosters choice and control for autistic people. Health and Social Care providers often do not ask autistic people about their intimate lives. We provide advice on how you can include "difficult" conversations about intimate lives in your support.

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Symptomatic hypermobility

Download the SEDSConnective toolkit on Hypermobility, neurodivergence, and intimacy

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Policy recommendations

Our policy recommendations

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Learning disabilities and intimate lives

A link to the incredible Supported Loving toolkit. Everything you need to know about supporting people with learning disabilites around thier intimate lives. We think much of this advice is relevant to anyone you support.

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Supporting people thinking about paying for sexual services

Paid sexual services can provide a safe and respectful environment for people to explore their sexuality and have thier needs me. But as a health and social care provider, it can be daunting.

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Skills for Care: Supporting personal relationships in the social care workforce

The adult social care workforce needs to have the right values, skills and knowledge to support people they care for to have positive personal relationships. Skills for Care, together with Supported Loving have produced a range of resources to help employers think about what workers need to know so they can create a development programme for their organisation. Skills for Care and We love that Supported Loving have developed a package of training materials to help social care employers develop the skills and knowledge needed to support people who draw on services with personal relationships.

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Autistic loving: An awareness raising workshop for social care staff

Free training pack for social care staff supporting autistic people. This toolkit shares the findings and the training developed by Dr Claire Bates of Supported Loving on how to best support autistic people who access social care, as part of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) project.

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A list of dos and don'ts for health and social care providers

Coming soon. We're working on a list of Do's and Don't for providers based on our interviews and focus groups

Acknowledging the diversity among the autistic people you support

Coming soon.

Sex and relationships education and resources across the entire life span

Coming soon.

Supporting autistic people who have experienced rejection and shame

Coming soon.

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