{"id":3343,"date":"2021-11-01T13:51:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T13:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthforkids.co.uk\/leicestershire\/?p=3343"},"modified":"2026-01-22T13:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T13:58:08","slug":"introducing-chatautism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthforkids.co.uk\/leicestershire\/introducing-chatautism\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing ChatAutism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ChatAutism is a messaging service that provides a safe and easy way to send a text message to a healthcare professional and get confidential help and advice.<\/p>\n<p>Through ChatAutism, people can access advice and support directly from the Specialist Autism Team. You can chat with a fully qualified professional about things like:<\/p>\n<p> \tEmotional wellbeing<br \/>\n \tHealthy lifestyle<br \/>\n \tHealthy relationships<br \/>\n \tDrugs, alcohol and smoking<br \/>\n \tUnderstanding autism<br \/>\n \tSignposting to advice and support<br \/>\n \tAssessment and diagnosis advice<\/p>\n<p>This service is open to people of all ages.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nText the Specialist Autism Team on:<br \/>\n07312 277097<br \/>\nor start a chat here.<br \/>\nThe service is available 9am-5pm every week day, excluding bank holidays. The text line stays open during the school holidays too. You will receive a response within 24 hours, Monday to Friday.<\/p>\n<p>This service is totally confidential: your information will only be shared if the health professional is worried about you or someone else\u2019s safety or if you share information which may be concerning or put you or someone else at risk or danger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ChatAutism is a messaging service that provides a safe and easy way to send a text message to a healthcare professional and get confidential help and advice. Through ChatAutism, people can access advice and support directly from the Specialist Autism Team. You can chat with a fully qualified professional about things like: Emotional wellbeing Healthy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthforkids.co.uk\/leicestershire\/introducing-chatautism\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":4901,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Introducing ChatAutism - Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Find out more about ChatAutism, a new text messaging support service for those with an autism diagnosis and their families to access advice and support.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthforkids.co.uk\/leicestershire\/introducing-chatautism\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Introducing ChatAutism - 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