Autonomie

Autonomie (formerly the Lilac Service) empowers young people with additional needs to develop the skills to live independently and achieve their potential.

Autonomie – Empowers young people with additional needs to develop the skills to live independently and achieve their potential.
“Autonomie” (formerly the Lilac Service) was set up originally to support young people with physical disabilities, as well as parents and teachers to access mainstream education with the support of the Lilac Team.
During the last seven years we helped over 275 + young people throughout Northern Ireland to decide with the support of their parents which school best suited their needs. The team was so successful it gained UK wide recognition with the award of the UK outstanding team award for its work in integrating disabled pupils into mainstream schools.

In consultation with young people leaving special schools we decided to widen our work to include young people with additional needs to support and help them to make more of their life after school.
We do this by offering:
Independence Living Skills
Educating /Training
Supporting /Signposting
Communicating /Listening
Inclusion
Enjoyment /Fun /Fulfilling
Flexibility /Enabling
Transition /goals
Partnerships