Portage and Autism Ranking:

Personal Accounts

We have identified the following any personal accounts about the use of portage for autistic people.

From a parent of an autistic child using the Portage Service in Dorset

“I am writing to tell you about our experience with the Portage Service in Dorset since my younger daughter was diagnosed as autistic a year ago. After an initial assessment visit, we were assigned our Portage worker and Deb began her weekly visits. Deb quickly established a good rapport with my daughter. Goals were drawn up which reflected areas that my daughters speech therapist wanted us to work on, but also incorporated areas that we, as parents, were concerned about. My daughter has benefited from having home visits from someone she has come to know and to like. Her autism means that she likes stability and security and being able to work at home gives her the confidence to try new things. She has made great progress over the last year and the Portage Service has been a major factor in his progress. I cannot speak highly enough of the service and the benefits it has given to us as a family. I know we have all been very lucky to have met such an excellent Portage Worker and we will all be very sad to lose Deb when my daughter starts school. I would thoroughly recommend the service to any family with an autistic child as it seems to be ideally suited to her needs.”

Updated

17 Jun 2022

Last Review

01 Jan 2017

Next Review

01 May 2023