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28/04/2024

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09/04/2024

APRIL BEING AN AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH, LETS LEARN, RELEARN, ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT.

28/01/2024

28/01/2024

28/01/2024

28/01/2024

Inclusion on the spectrum

09/01/2024

How to know if a child is experiencing social communication difficulty:
a) Their understanding of language is very literal. For example they struggle with humour, sacarsm.
b) They find it difficult to make friends.
c) They find it hard to play with others.
d) They find it hard to cope with changes to their routine.
e) They struggle to initiate interactions with others.
f) They struggle to maintain a conversation.

31/12/2023

Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD)
Is a developmental disorder that affects communication and behaviour.
Although autism can be diagonised at any age,it is said to be a 'developmental disorder' because symptoms generally appear in the first two years of life.
People with ASD have:
-Difficulty with communication and interaction with other people.
-Restricted interests and repititive behaviours.
-Symptoms that hurts the person's ability to function properly in school,work and other areas of life.

31/12/2023

Signs and symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
-Making little or inconsistent eye contact.
-Tending not to look at or listen to people.
-Rarely sharing enjoyment of objects activities by pointing or showing things to others.
-Failing to,being slow to, respond to someone calling their name or to other verbal attempts to gain attention.
-Having difficulties with the back and forth of conversation.
-Having facial expressions,movements and gestures that do not match what is being said.
-Having an unusual tone of voice that may sound sing-song or flat and robot-like.

27/12/2023