Hi, my name is Teigr!

Teigr

Good morning.
I stumbled across this place while looking for information about housing for our autistic son.I'm not really expecting to find any answers but it might be good to talk to parents who've found themselves in similar situations.

Tori_Scope

Welcome to the community @Teigr It's great to have you with us, so I'm glad you stumbled across us!

Please feel free to take a look around and get stuck in. Here are a few places you might like to visit:

• Recent discussions
• Categories page
• Autism and neurodiversity
• Housing, transport, and independent living
• Children, parents, and families
• Coffee lounge

I'm also wondering whether you might like to access our Parents Connect service, depending on how old your son is. 

Would you like to tell us a little bit more about your experience of looking for information about housing for your son?

Teigr

I've only just started looking to be honest,I was just curious about what other parents in my position have done and what sort of difficulties they faced.

L_Volunteer

Thanks for starting to look @Teigr. If we can make looking easier or more targeted to your wants and needs, please don't hesitate to let us know.

We'll try to signpost you to areas of the forum you might find more interesting and/or useful. On that note, we have a section titled children, parents, and families that you might find beneficial.

If we can do anything else to help, please don't hesitate to let us know 

Teigr

Thank you so much @L_Volunteer.
Our son is an an autistic adult who's never worked and he's only had two job interviews since he graduated in 2015.
I have no idea where to start so any help would be much appreciated.

Biblioklept

Scope have a work program he could look at? I've not used it but it's been mentioned on here a few times. What sort of work would suit him @teigr?

Tori_Scope

Here's a link to the employment services that Biblioklept has mentioned @Teigr  

Teigr

He's got a degree in IT @Biblioklept,he's not great with people and really needs something that doesn't involve too much interaction with the general public.
He's been doing 'voluntary work' (half a day every week)in a shop that's supposed to train people with disabilities for a career in retail,but he's been there since 2016.

Teigr

Thank you @Tori_Scope,I'll check it out.