Family Support/Mentoring

If you’re already a Derbyshire Autism Services client
If you have been in receipt of one-to-one or two-to-one support services, you are eligible to receive the DigiDAS support service. Registration couldn’t be easier: Contact us by calling 01773 741 221 or here and you will be sent details of how to access our services.

Remote, flexible support
To use DigiDAS, you’ll need to have a smartphone,  laptop, desktop or a tablet computer with a stable Internet connection. It’s important that you don’t use too much of your data allowance per month if you are using a mobile device, and we would say that one hour of support uses at minimum 1GB of data.

You contact us, or we contact you
Inside your hourly session, you can contact us by dialing into your session (or we will call you – just speak to your Autism Expert). If we don’t hear from you, we’ll call you. You can also call us outside of your normal hours providing that you have enough minutes left.

Whatever you want to do, whenever you want to do it
The best thing is that the support is flexible, so if you would like to drop off and do something else, then that’s fine.

If you want us to play a game with you, then we will. If you want us to support you in new skills, we will. If you want us to listen to your amazing new banger, we will!

Autism mentoring is something that Derbyshire Autism Services has been doing for over thirty years. As experts by experience, we employ fantastic, knowledgeable and empathetic people who work with clients and their families (where appropriate) to work towards goals set to achieve the best outcomes for living fulfilling and thriving lives.

We want to empower as many Autistic people as possible to know that they can lead normal lives. We want to break the stigma attached to Autism and demonstrate that it is not necessarily a life-limiting condition.

Our support services include in-person support and remote support. We’ve been testing remote support since March 2020, and we have found that all of our clients who took it up have felt enabled and supported by it. That’s why we’re rolling it out across the United Kingdom.

We’ve provided a Q&A about our mentoring services.

All you need to do is refer yourself here.

If the person you are responsible for consents, then absolutely. You can refer someone here. Please also note that the myDigiDAS community can also be useful for Autistic people and parents/carers. You and/or your loved one can join here.

We offer training for parents/carers of people with Autism and we also have an online support group on our myDigiDAS platform, which is free of charge. We also have a range of books in our shop, alongside tools and resources.

With consent, absolutely. You just need to refer them on this page. You can also point them to our myDigiDAS community, which is free of charge.

Yes, absolutely. If you’re already a client of Derbyshire Autism Services, speak with your Family Support Worker. If not, you can refer yourself to us here.

You’re also entitled to free support with our social network, myDigiDAS. It’s a place where you’ll be able to learn, develop and grow and make connections with Autistic people and your allies, such as our staff. You can join here.

It’s entirely up to you! Our Family Support Worker are trained in Autism, many have lived experience of the condition themselves, and we pride ourselves on our empathy and ability to work with Autistic people to agree goals that are appropriate and make sure that you live your life to the fullest.

You and your Family Support Worker will agree on times and dates to meet via Zoom or Teams.

We are currently covering only Derbyshire, but we will offer this service as demand increases. Please contact us to register your interest.

In the meantime, you are more than welcome to join our myDigiDAS platform, where you’ll be able to interact with Autistic people and others throughout the UK.