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Owen's Story

Negative school experiences left Owen deeply anxious about school and left his mum Michelle despairing at an education system which didn’t have a place for her son. Owen’s autism, selective mutism and social phobia caused him and his mum to feel like he was a problem that couldn’t be solved; then Inscape House School gave her hope.

“We had tried mainstream and specialist schools with Owen but we regularly found that whatever we tried, their systems saw Owen as a problem which they couldn’t fix and I was eventually being told to stop contacting the schools. This had a big impact on the relationship between Owen and me which eventually led to a period of around 18 months where he wasn’t in school at all; we felt abandoned.

“Many schools we looked at said they couldn’t help, the difference with Inscape was the door wasn’t shut immediately. There was a feeling of ‘If we can help we will help’, that offered us hope after years of feeling hopeless. Everything about Owen has changed, he’s happier and able to live a more normal life.

 

“Inscape has helped Owen find his voice. All I’ve ever wanted for him was to be independent, without the support we have got from Inscape, he would have been dependant on me for the rest of his life. Being able to communicate his needs has transformed him, he’s happier, I’m happier and our family as a whole has benefited hugely.”
Michelle with Owen
Michelle with Owen

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