Some people choose to seek assessment and formal diagnosis, and others may choose to self-identify, this is your choice.

PACT welcomes you regardless of what you choose, but we are unable to offer diagnosis or diagnostic assessments.

The link below will take you to national guidance around seeking an assessment, what will happen and more, do contact us if you would like to talk this through.

Summit are the Essex based organisation that are there to help you through this journey and deilver the Autism Navigation service, they have letters you can take to your GP, offering a service supporting you through the assessment process and after, you can contact them yourself or we can connect you.

You can also go directly to your GP to ask for an assessment.

Feel welcome to attend our PACT Parent / Carer Connect sessions and family events, along with accessing our adult Connect sessions.

Autistic Parents UK useful for peer support, webinars and podcasts from an peer to peer perspective, looking at your welbeing too.

We are a Neurodiverse Community, feel welcome to connect with us through our Co-ordinators, use the website, events and activities.

You can also find support through Carers organisations, links to these can be found in our signpost and please take a look at Autism Central link below which is a resource set up for Parents and Personal assistants but offers a wide range information across all life stages that is suitable for Allies to read.