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Adult Autism Service (City & Hackney)

The City and Hackney Autism Service offers diagnosis, brief interventions, and advice to adults living in City and Hackney who have not had a previous diagnosis of Autism Disorder.  

You need to be 18 or over with a City and Hackney GP (young people should be referred to our Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service).

For advice, email: elft.chautismreferrals@nhs.net.

Address

The Primrose Resource Centre
23 Primrose Square
London
E9 7TS
United Kingdom

Opening hours
09:00 - 17:00
By Appointment Only
Telephone number
0208 525 1115

It is important that the individual is aware of the referral and consents to being referred to the service. We cannot accept referrals from individuals with an existing diagnosis of Learning Disability (Instead, these patients can be referred to the Learning Disability Service) Nor if there is an existing Autistic Spectrum Disorder/Autism Diagnosis.

Please send referrals to CHAMHRAS
(City & Hackney Adult Mental Health Referrals and Assessment Service)

The Junction
City and Hackney Centre for Mental Health
Homerton Hospital
Homerton Row
London
E9 6SR

Tel:  020 8510 8011
Fax: 020 8510 8064

Email: elt.tr.CHAMRAS@nhs.net

Autism is a lifelong developmental condition that affects how a person communicates with and relates to other people.  It also affects how they make sense of the world around them.

It is a spectrum condition, which means that it will affect people in different ways and is therefore referred to as an Autistic Spectrum.

The three main areas of difficulty people with Autism can experience includes:

  • Difficulty with social communication and understanding what people think and feel.
  • Difficulty with social interaction.
  • Difficulty with rigidity and repetitive behaviours. Difficulty coping with change and unpredictability.

Being assessed is helpful in clarifying why you respond and communicate in the way that you do. An assessment can confirm whether you do in fact have Autism or not. Either way, this knowledge can aid you to access services and support that can help and support you. 

If you are diagnosed with Autism, it can enable you to:

  • Gain an understanding of yourself, learn about your condition and how to cope.
  • Access services that suit your needs.
  • Access certain benefits: such as DLA or PIPs; for students, you could claim Disabled Students Allowance.
  • Get help at work: employers have a responsibility to make “reasonable adjustments” to your work environment.

You could be eligible for a community care assessment under The Care Act 2014 in order to access care and support.

(From The National Autistic Society, www.autism.org.uk)