ESPA has a wide range of residential services in Sunderland and Durham for people with an autism spectrum disorder. Each service is unique and individually tailored to meet the needs, wishes and expectations of the individuals living there. These services range from single person apartments to shared living arrangements.

Most of the people ESPA supports have challenging and complex needs. Many individuals also have additional or associated difficulties or disabilities. Therefore all our services offer intensive and specialist support in highly structured autism specific environments. ESPA develops and delivers behavioural programmes based on non-aversive principles and interventions.

Supporting individuals to understand their autism and overcome some of their difficulties with communication, social understanding and imagination underpins every aspect of the services we provide. The social and behavioural support provided by staff enables each person to enhance their quality of life and extend their range of learning opportunities and new experiences. For some people our residential services provide an excellent stepping stone towards a more independent future.