Category: Children and Families

Early autism diagnosis helps children and families access appropriate support, better understand their child's needs and make reasonable adjustments at home, nursery and school. Early…

Autistic teenagers experience higher rates of anxiety, depression and emotional distress than their peers. This is not because they are autistic, but often because they…

Learn how to adapt your communication style when communicating with an autistic child, reduce misunderstandings and strengthen everyday connections.

Language delay primarily affects a child's speech and language development, whereas autism affects social communication, social interaction, sensory processing and behaviour patterns. While some autistic…

Autistic pupils can have very different experiences in mainstream schools. Some thrive academically and socially with appropriate support, while others experience challenges such as anxiety,…

Global Developmental Delay (GDD) describes significant delays across multiple areas of development in young children. A learning disability, also known as an intellectual disability, refers…

Mainstream education can benefit autistic children, but only when the setting understands autism and makes the right adjustments.

Explain autism in a positive and age-appropriate way. Help your child understand that autism is a difference in how their brain works, not something that…

Joint attention is the ability to share focus with another person on an object, event or activity. It involves skills such as looking, pointing, showing…