Thrive by Design is supporting the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership as interim co-production partner on a two-year project helping to improve the lives of neurodivergent people within the partnership. 

For the discovery phase of the project our team is hosting a series of initial engagement workshops which seek to understand the experiences of the Autism and ADHD assessment process from:

• Children and Young People who are Actually Autistic or Actually ADHD

• Parents and / or carers of people who are Actually Autistic or Actually ADHD

• Adults who are Actually Autistic or Actually ADHD

Below is some content that you can adapt and use in your internal channels and in communications that reach people who access services who may want to attend one of the sessions to help us to understand where, how, and why Autistic people and people with ADHD might be disadvantaged.

Newsletter entry (short)
The West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership is delivering a two-year project which aims to improve the lives of neurodivergent people. To help inform the work they will be hosting a series of workshops to hear views of people with lived experience of Autism and ADHD. The sessions will be hosted online and initially explore the Autism and ADHD assessment process. Find out more information and book your place here.
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Newsletter entry (long) 
The West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership is delivering a two-year project to improve the lives of neurodivergent people across the region. To help shape the work, they are inviting people who are Actually Autistic and Actually ADHD, and their parents or carers, to a series of workshops to share their experiences on a range of topics. 

The interactive sessions will be hosted online and will explore where, how, and why Autistic people and people with ADHD might be disadvantaged, and provide an opportunity to hear ideas for improvements and reducing inequalities. The initial workshops aim to better understand experiences of the Autism and ADHD assessment process, and they would like to hear from from:

• People who are seeking a diagnosis or have tried too previously

• People who are diagnosed

• People who identify as neurodivergent but don’t want a diagnosis.

Find out more information and book your place here. (include the Eventbrite link)

Social Media Content

Direct invite to participants 

Dear (insert name), 

The West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership is delivering a two-year project to improve the lives of neurodivergent people across the West Yorkshire region. To help shape the work, they are inviting Autistic people, people with ADHD, and their parents or carers to a series of workshops to share their experiences.

The interactive sessions will be hosted online and will explore where, how, and why Autistic people and people with ADHD might be disadvantaged, and provide an opportunity to hear ideas for improvements and reducing inequalities. The initial workshops aim to better understand experiences of the Autism and ADHD assessment process, and they would like to hear from from:

• People who are seeking a diagnosis or have tried too previously

• Autstic people and people with ADHD who have received a diagnosis

• People who identify as neurodivergent but don’t want a diagnosis.

Future workshops will cover a range of topics including accessing healthcare and other support services. 

If you would like to find out more information about the workshops, or to register to attend, please visit Eventbrite using this link: (insert link) 

Best wishes
(Insert name) 

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Alternate Text for Image

This image contains the Thrive by Design logo, the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnerships logo and includes text which reads “Share your experiences of Autism and ADHD to help us improve our services”. 

Eventbrite link for inclusion in all comms:
https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/share-your-experiences-of-autism-and-adhd-895339

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For more information please contact robert.burton4@nhs.net