What I Wish I'd Known

What do you wish you'd known at the beginning of your journey? We want to hear from you what you think should be better communicated to families. Email us at hello@sendpowerinharingey.org

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Read what fellow parents/carers wish they'd known:

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Rhianne

Parent, and Admin and Comms Assistant

"I wish I would have opened up more about my feelings instead of hiding, and engaged with more parents and forums such as Send Power as I suffered a long time by myself and I didn't need to." Read more here

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Jorgie

Parent, Steering Group member, and Admin and Comms Assistant

"I wish when I received the diagnosis I had known about charities and organisations that can support like forums, Family Fund, Carers First, Ambitious About Autism, etc, rather than focussing on feeling alone and guilty wondering if I had done something wrong along the way as a new mum that I can now try to reverse and rectify." " Read more here

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Amanda

Parent, and Chair of SEND Power in Haringey

"I wish I'd known that I was within my rights to request a statutory assessment directly from the Local Authority myself without the school." Read more here