ASD stands for Austism Spectrum Disorder.
Autism is a lifelong condition that affects how a person perceives and relates to the world around them. The term ‘spectrum’ is used as no two people are the same. All people with Autism share certain strengths and difficulties, but these will affect each individual in different ways.
People with Autism experience difficulties in:
If you have autism you may learn to cope by developing routines and if these are interrupted, you’ll find it very stressful making unexpected changes in life sometimes quite a struggle.
You may also find challenging how you experience sights, sounds or touch.
School can be a tough place when you have autism. You really need support from your family, friends and your school who will know a lot about how to help you when you’re not finding things easy.
They will be able to support with putting different plans in place to make things easier for you.
If you have ASD or autism you may sometimes:
There have been many different terms used to describe Autism.
People will have their own preference to how they prefer the term to be used.
As a team we have agreed to use the term Autism.
We are committed to providing services that are accessible to everyone. Different people have different needs and we will always do whatever we can to make sure that these needs are met.
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