We were extremely happy with our experience at Gloucestershire Autism Centre. From the very beginning, the entire team was professional, compassionate, and genuinely caring. Everyone we dealt with was approachable, helpful, and always willing to answer questions or provide support throughout the process. The assessment was thorough and conducted with great professionalism, helping us feel informed and reassured at every stage. The team showed a clear understanding of our needs and treated us with kindness and respect throughout. We would highly recommend to anyone seeking an autism and /or ADHD assessment. Their caring approach, expertise, and commitment to providing a high-quality service made what could have been a stressful experience feel supportive and positive.

This was a really positive experience for us. The appointments came through really quickly and everybody was really friendly and helpful. The assessment was very thorough and my little boy was looked at overall as an individual, as opposed to fitting inside specific boxes which had been our experience with other services up to this point. The report is very in depth and will help us to understand and support our child with his behaviour, and to get him the support he needs in school etc.

We had a fantastic experience with The Gloucestershire Assessment Centre. Our daughter was diagnosed with both Autism and ADHD, and we couldn’t be happier with the care and support we received. The reports were incredibly thorough and detailed, and we really felt they took the time to understand the whole picture of our daughter, rather than focusing on individual traits. The recommendations for both home and school were extremely helpful and practical. All the staff were absolutely lovely, approachable and supportive throughout the process. We are so grateful and would highly recommend them to anyone.

I can never express how eternally grateful I am for all the support and kindness we have received from GAC. For our precious young person the teen years have been so cruel and difficult, she felt constantly misunderstood and lost on how ‘gold standard’ treatments just didn’t ever help and only made life more desperately sad and exhausting. We arrived to GAC pretty traumatised and broken and everyone we encountered, namely Fiona, Vicky, Dr Andrews and Tori were so gentle and so kind to us. Held our hands throughout the process, made everything clear and concise, no grey areas, no stone not turned, true hunger to understand what could explain these struggles. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend GAC to anyone that requires a professional and thorough assessment and as I’ve said, I can’t say thank you enough for your support, I have no doubt we will be back for some of the aftercare offered, a shining beacon in a pretty bleak infrastructure of support ❤️

My 24 year old daughter had an assessment for ADHD here. The experience was excellent, both for her and for me. I learnt so much about my own ADHD. I had an assessment elsewhere several years ago and the difference was astounding. Several indepth meetings, forms to fill, things to reflect on and then a report which really saw and understood my daughter and her challenges without pathologising her. The psychologist, Rebecca, was incredibly kind and compassionate but also incredibly well-informed, skillful and incisive. It was a privilege to be on the receiving end of her hard work and expertise. It has been life changing for my daughter but also, oddly, for me at the age of 63.

Carla and her team have changed our lives. I cannot recommend the GAC enough. They are so helpful, professional, supportive and knowledgeable, and we’re incredibly grateful for all their hard work and support. It’s been such a comfort having the GAC in our corner, especially when we’ve found it difficult to get the support we need from school. We’re so glad we found the GAC and will always be grateful for everything you’ve done for our family.

Since meeting Carla and the team at GAC, I have been very impressed with their dedication and support to not only the young person and their family, but to us as a school. The advice and support received has been very useful and has given us as a school many new strategies and ideas to implement. They are always on the end of the phone or an email, and nothing is too much trouble. It’s lovely to find a company who genuinely care and want the best outcomes for everyone. I will be recommending GAC to other families in school and look forward to working with them for many years to come.

In a world where we are the only advocates for our child, we now have a team of supportive professionals behind us too. GAC have not only helped us with obtaining a diagnosis for our son, helped him understand his own brain, but they’ve also helped with school support, applying for an EHCP and even given emotional support on the phone when things have felt particularly hard. As a family we have endless gratitude for the work of everyone in the team. I have already recommended their service to everyone I speak to, and I wholeheartedly recommend them to you too. 

We have used the Services of the Gloucestershire Assessment Centre (GAC) for our eldest son who was exhibiting neurodiverse qualities and behaviours, simply as we wanted to understand how we could best help him at home, during his childhood and empower/equip him when in adulthood. I cannot stress how pleased we are we engaged GAC. They were professional, supportive, empathetic, knowledgeable and able to give us a meaningful direction of travel. The subject of neurodiversity is hard enough to comprehend but magnified in the case of children as they are learning about the world and themselves at rapid pace! All the while, we parents, are adjusting too. GAC made this easier in respect of understanding our child’s needs and suggested numerous practical tools/methods/aides to help. As our son was relatively young when we first came to GAC (approx 6), we have been able to use our findings but practically and officially (as he obtained a clinical outcome of being neurodiverse), we have applied that and used in his educational setting. In summary, highly recommend! If in doubt, phone up/enquire and you’ll find the person/people you speak too, professional, supportive and empathetic. It’s worth a phone call, trust me!

I work in a school and have been amazed at the support given to the child, family and school from GAC. Following a diagnosis the report sent to schools is invaluable. It gives clear recommendations that are supportive to the child but also mindful to what a school may or may not be able to put in place. From start to finish the process felt collegiate and that we were all working together for a common goal. To ensure the best support and outcome for the young person in our care. I have been hugely impressed and look forward to working with them again in the future.