Adam

When Adam Started with Stride Yorkshire, he was in a low point; struggling with his areas of his mental health such as OCD, anxiety and sense of identity. On top of this, Adam’s Autism was holding him back socially. This was effecting Adam’s family life, his happiness, his motivation and his relationships with other people. This was until Adam and his family found Stride, and had an initial meeting with Logan, the first thing they claimed to feel was a sense of relief as even during the initial meeting, Logan was able to provide Adam with some coping Strategies around his OCD.

When Independence Coaching started, Stride created a clear, structured plan which was referred to every week. Adam spent three hours per week with his independence coach, and had a great deal of discipline in engaging with the sessions, and working on the strategies outside of the sessions. There were definitely challenges and dips along the road, but after 6 months of support Adam has his OCD under control, he has made real, lasting friendships, and has a job as a Warehouse Operative for Cefco, Doncaster !

Adam had this to say: ‘‘I love the job, it’s methodical, I’m passionate about the logic involved when doing the job, as an individual with Autism, this is great! What’s even better is this is a career, I could be here for another 50 years and get promoted to. Before now, I was dealing with lots of blocks, I felt low on motivation, was struggling with mental health, struggling with my sense of identity. Stride helped me to overcome these things, so that I could finally get into a career I love. If you are really passionate and serious about moving forward in your life, come to Stride, they will motivate you and help you piece by piece to overcome the barriers in your life.’

What has really stood out to me, compared to other support services is they genuinely care. It's not just a job. they're passionate about making a difference and didn't give up on me, even at low times, when I'd lost faith in myself. I will be forever grateful that stride became involved in my care and grateful to all stride workers, but especially Logan for the dedication and genuinely caring.

Dan

I was very sceptical about starting my work with Stride, I struggled to trust professionals after past experiences. I can’t begin to list the ways that Stride have helped me, I feel like my life is back on track, and I know that I have all the support needed to get me to where I need to go in life. University finally feels like it might be a realistic goal. I am so grateful for everything!

Brandon

I have had the pleasure of working with Stride Yorkshire in my journey to becoming a more inclusive employer. I knew I wanted to give adults with Autism a chance at working but was worried about my ability to support them. I was fearful of saying the wrong things, how they may manage criticism etc. Stride placed two fantastic candidates in my workplace as admin assistants, and I felt supported through the entire process, the job coaching was amazing, they took the pressure off massively from an employer’s perspective. By the time the support from Stride had finished, our eyes had been opened to the hidden ABILITIES of adults with social and learning conditions, both candidates had their own strengths, and struggles (which we knew how to support). If you are considering becoming more inclusive, and giving somebody a chance that might otherwise be overlooked, I would urge you to get in contact with Stride!

Dot – Trador Print Ltd

I’ve been coming to Stride for the past couple of months and have been in the care of Logan. I’m autistic and since I left school, I’ve been lost, I don’t know what I want to do with myself, job wise and career wise, I failed in college I’ve been suffering with mental health including intrusive and obsessive thoughts brought upon by pure O, along with anxiety and depression and I didn’t have any friends after being rejected and bullied by peers time and time again. It’s been a struggle, but since I’ve been having my meetings with Logan weekly, he’s really helped me, I’m already seeing a difference, he is someone I can talk to about my mental health and help me in my recovery journey, he’s helping me come up with ideas for what kind of job I’d like and he’s introduced me to people I have common ground with and have developed friendships with. We’ve done a lot in a short time and we’ve only just begun, I feel like I’ve got a long way to go in my mental health recovery journey yet, but if anyone’s gonna get me there, it’s Logan.

Adam