PAACT Family aims to bring you a community that understands what you are saying and feeling.

About PAACT Family

I am so happy and grateful that you have decided to take a look and join the “PAACT Family” membership site.

This site is for parents/ guardians, carers, family members and anyone with an interest in Autism, ADHD, PDA and Neurodivergent conditions.

The purpose of this site is to: –

  • take away the feeling of being lost
  • stop being confused about what to do next, where to go for help, am I doing the right thing?
  • take away the feeling of being overwhelmed

More about

Members

 

Weekly Live Q&A Sessions

Membership to our website offers weekly live Q&A sessions, you can join the Q&A session or catch up in your own time by watching the recorded video.

Monthly Workshops

Included within your membership will be monthly workshops which you can book yourself onto for free for greater understanding and helpful information.

Monthly 1 Hour Talks

PAACT Family membership offers monthly 1 hour talks by a leading expert like Geoff Evans, Dean Beadle, Olga Bogdashina. These are free to members.

Upcoming Events

Coming Soon…
PAACT 27th Annual Conference Mental Health & Well Being In Autism
Market Rasen Race Course 

Tuesday 18th November 2025 9.30 a.m. – 2.00 p.m.

Ticket Prices: £30.00 PAACT Members | £50.00 Non Members | £75.00 Professional Members | £95.00 Professional Non Members

To Book A Professional Stand Please Contact paactsupport@hotmail.co.uk

Guest Speakers

Welcome by Gordon Forsyth – Chair Of PAACT
Compare by Andrew Whitehouse – SEND Practitioner & Coach
Anthony Bowen – Working Together Team
Dina Shale – The Way Of The Horse
Penny Millington & her Team – Unique Neuro Wellness Ltd
Christopher Woods – Wing Walk Man with Lived Experience
Andrew Whitehouse – Lived Experience
Stevie W – Lived Experience

Countdown Element
Learn More November 18, 2025 | 9:30 AM

Please click or scan above to support Christopher.

Christopher’s Amazing Wing Walk for PAACT!

Christopher Woods who is a PAACT parent of a child with autism, epilsepsy and learning difficulties.

Everyday is a challenge for his son Artemus, but he takes every day one step at a time and is a true inspiration to Christopher.

Through gritted teeth and tears, each day for Artemus can be a frightening ordeal, Artemus picks himself up and carries on despite this.

So for Christopher’s 40th birthday celebrations, he is going to place himself in Artemus’ shoes and put himself through these few hours of his life by doing a wing walk stood on a Boeing Stearman biplane aircraft on Saturday 21st September 2024, to experience the same worries, dread and sleepless nights for which Artemus has to go through EVERY DAY of his life.

NOTE! A huge thankyou to Christopher woods who completed his wing walk after 5 attempts due to weather stopping it going ahead at the last minute. He raised an amazing £900 for PAACT. Many thanks. Should anyone wish to add to his fantastic total can you please click or scan the QR code.

To see him in action Click Here

PAACT (Parents and Autistic Children Together) is a parent led support group, run by parents of neurodivergent children. PAACT provides vital training programs, support group meetings, alongside activities and workshops designed to help and signpost families towards understanding of both pre and post diagnosis.

Christopher says, “Without PAACT, I would have struggled to have obtained the right educational setting for Artemus’ needs. The advice, training and workshops that PAACT provide, has helped me and my family to understand Artemus, his needs, and how to support him to ensure that Artemus has a happy
childhood and the right support in place for the future.”

Donations

 

All donations are gratefully received and help families to apply for financial help towards costs for:

Full Diagnostic Assessments;
Sensory Assessments;
Counselling;
and Dyslexia Assessments!

PDA Workshop

 

To view the 3 hour Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome Workshop, please purchase using the button below, access will be granted once purchase complete.

  • 3 Hour video
  • Cohesive Unified Approach
  • Sensory Differences
  • Who is affected by PDA?
  • Key Features of PDA
  • Lots More!

Workshops

 

Workshops available for non members, click each workshop for full purchase details, the Anxiety, Dyspraxia & Tourettes workshops are included free with PAACT Family membership, the PDA workshop is purchased separately, all are viewable by clicking the workshop menu button.

What we have achieved

Over 22 years

986

MEMBERS

12

Speakers

1026

Children

25

Years

Meet Our Speakers

 

Monthly 1-hour talks by leading experts including Geoff Evans, Dean Beadle and Olga Bogdashina.

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Andrew Whitehouse

Speaker

TEDx speaker Andrew Whitehouse is a specialist in neurological diversity and provides interventions for professionals, parents and young people with Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia and related conditions.
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Gordon Forsyth

Speaker

I have been involved with Autism for the last 17 years when my son received a diagnosis of Pathological Demand Avoidance at the age of 9, and a few years later when my daughter was diagnosed at age 15. I...
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Jude Seaward

Speaker

My name is Jude Seaward I am a Nurse Consultant/behaviour therapist whose background lies within learning disability nursing. I live in the North West of England in Wigan. I thank my uniqueness to my chosen profession and the initial training...
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Briony Farlow

Speaker

Hi there, I’m Briony. I am an adult, female, neurodivergent, fully qualified Personal Trainer and Nutrition Coach. I have over 15 years experience as a medical representative selling to, and educating health professionals on pharmaceutical drugs and medical equipment. I...

Meet Our Speakers

 

Monthly 1-hour talks by leading experts including Geoff Evans, Dean Beadle and Olga Bogdashina.

image

Andrew Whitehouse

Speaker

TEDx speaker Andrew Whitehouse is a specialist in neurological diversity and provides interventions for professionals, parents and young people with Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia and related conditions.
image

Gordon Forsyth

Speaker

I have been involved with Autism for the last 17 years when my son received a diagnosis of Pathological Demand Avoidance at the age of 9, and a few years later when my daughter was diagnosed at age 15. I...
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Jude Seaward

Speaker

My name is Jude Seaward I am a Nurse Consultant/behaviour therapist whose background lies within learning disability nursing. I live in the North West of England in Wigan. I thank my uniqueness to my chosen profession and the initial training...
image

Briony Farlow

Speaker

Hi there, I’m Briony. I am an adult, female, neurodivergent, fully qualified Personal Trainer and Nutrition Coach. I have over 15 years experience as a medical representative selling to, and educating health professionals on pharmaceutical drugs and medical equipment. I...
  • Just wanted to thank you for everything you have done for my child and myself, I had a call yesterday offering a cancellation, for a call to me next Wednesday and for her to go to the centre on the Thursday,  for her to be seen, it’s been a very long journey and I feel […]

    Karen -
    Grace Burch
  • You are an absolute gem for taking the time and writing such a comprehensive outline of my child. I really do appreciate your help I recognise that you have personal things yourself that you are dealing with yet you still give so much time to others and I truly do thank you for this.

    Lynda -
    My Child
  • I spoke with yourselves the other week and also went to the meeting and met the two lovely ladies and another mother. Can I just say you guys are amazing and I finally feel like I have found people who understand me and the pain I am going through.

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    Annonymous

Our Blog

 

Blogs, news, hints, tips and introductions into a variety of neurodivergent syndromes.