For me respite has many good benifits to being in respite. First I get to give my mum a break and some space.

Not only to I get to be with my friends but I get to practice giving people space and doing my own thing.

I also learn independence and get to gain new skills or improve on old ones especially social skills. I have great support workers who help me improve every day.

The best thing about respite is that it is the same house as my life skills programme. This means I can just stay in the same place