Gateway Society is a provincial non profit agency
dedicated to providing a variety of services to people
with Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders,
and their families, residing in British Columbia.

Mission
...to enable children and adults with Autism
and other Pervasive Developmental Disorders to reach
their greatest potential.

Role
...is to provide quality individualized services to children and adults with Autism and other Pervasive Developmental Disorders in partnership with the people we serve, their families, advocates, communities and governments.

Mandate
...Gateway Society Services for Persons with Autism is a CARF accredited agency with a thirty two year history of service to persons who have a diagnosis of Autism; Developmental Disability with Autistic Characteristics and/or Behavioural Challenges; Aspergers’ Syndrome; Pervasive Developmental Disorder – Not Otherwise Specified; Fragile X Syndrome; Rett's Syndrome; Mucopolysaccharidosis; Tuberous Sclerosis; Phenylketonuria; Congenital Rubella Syndrome; and Cornelia de Lange Syndrome, FASD and adults with PDD and FASDa who so not have intellectual disabilities.

Values
We value excellence, accountability,
teamwork and creativity.

We are guided by the following values:

Excellence
Quality is the foundation of our services. We are committed to continuous improvement through outcome evaluation and adhering to standards of best practice.

Accountability
Our accountability is to the people we serve and their families. This accountability is balanced with our responsibility to each other, professional practice, the interdisciplinary team and the organization.

Teamwork
We are committed to communicating and working in partnership with the people we serve, families, advocates, members of the community and other agencies.

Creativity
We will carry out our vision, mission and role with enthusiasm, initiative, innovation and progress, leading to expertise and excellence in our services.

Quality Assurance
Gateway Society is committed to the provision of high quality programs and services to the persons we serve and their families. At the same time that Gateway Society strives to serve persons in a holistic and best practice approach as we Aspire to ExcellenceTM. Input from persons served and their families is integral to continual improvement planning and outcomes measurement. The persons we serve and their families have the right to raise concerns, advocate for better individualized service, make suggestions or lodge complaints about the quality of care of Gateway’s programs and services without fear of jeopardizing their services, have confidentiality maintained throughout the process, and may choose to have a support person or advocate involved.

Philosophy & Approach

Gateway is committed to working in partnership with families to create successful experiences for their children and adult children with autism and pervasive development disorders.

Gateway Society believes in:

• Providing persons and family centred services;
• Providing individualized programming and supports;
• Using best practice and individualized treatment approaches;
• Promoting growth and independence: “skills for life”;
• Using an interdisciplinary approach.