<p>‘I thought I knew my son so well until we started planning with John. This changed our whole way of thinking about what John was capable of doing now and in his future. He no longer is going to a day centre, which we found out was making him very anxious and upset. He now is getting support from home to go and do the things he enjoys and with the people he enjoys doing things with. We recognised that John needs to establish relationships with people he shares interests with rather than it being just based on family relationships and support workers. We are starting to look into expanding John’s social networks and giving him more opportunities to experience different things. We learn something every time John experiences something new and then we build on this.’</p>