Real Life Experience

We speak with children and young people featured in our films about their experience of mental health and neurodiversity and why their voice and perspective matters.

This film explains how to recognise and support an autistic child.

The film focuses on children who may have lower support needs or can mask their difficulties. The film also highlights mental health conditions which commonly co-exist with autism.

If you’re a parent and you’re worried that your child might be autistic, or if your child has recently received a diagnosis, this film has plenty of information to help you understand the condition and support your child. With expert advice from Dr Lisa Honeyman and Dr Miriam Bindman.

Dad and son, Dan and Charlie share how their experience of living with Autism has changed in the five years since we last spoke in this Real life experience film.

In this 13-minute interview Rachel, the SENCO explains that Parents are often the first to notice if their child might be struggling. This might come to light when they’re watching their child in playgroups.  A nursery teacher can pick things up too.  She highlights the importance of the check that is done by a health visitor when the child is two years old.

Are you a dad getting to grips with parenting a child with additional needs?

Here, we talk to three dads who have an active and engaged role in looking after their child with additional needs. In this film, Damien, Anil and Usman open up about the challenges they have faced, the reality of the day-to-day, things they have learned along the way and where they have turned to look for support.

In this very personal 4-minute video, Debbie talks about the challenges she faced getting a diagnosis, and shares her experience of living with ADHD. Debbie belongs to ADHD Babes, a support group for Black women and Black non-binary people of African-Caribbean descent with ADHD.