Autism Awareness Week Poster

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What is Autism?

Most Common Types of Autism:

• A developmental disability that affects • Autism Spectrum Disorder


how people communicate and • Pathological Demand Avoidance
interact with the world & other • Childhood Disintegrative Disorder
people. • Pervasive Developmental Disorder

• Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) The NHS has a guide on what autism is, the signs, how to get
refers to a broad range of conditions diagnosed, managing life with autism and much more
characterised by challenges with guidance.
social skills, repetitive behaviours,
speech & non-verbal communication. www.nhs.uk/conditions/autism

What can you do for autism awareness week?

• Educate yourself & the people around


you on autism
• Check out the work of famous people
with autism.
• Put yourself in other people’s shoes –
empathise.
• Diversify your reading list – reading Useful Resources:
books based on autistic characters or
by autistic authors is a great start. • Options Autism – the options autism team have
• Removing harmful terms from your created a series of helpsheets offering advice and
vocabulary. guidance.
https://www.optionsautism.co.uk/resources/
Most importantly be kind to all you meet!
• Resources for Autism – fantastic registered charity
that offer a variety of services such as youth clubs,
music therapy etc.
https://resourcesforautism.org.uk/

• National Autistic Society – provides services such


as art therapy for all ages and genders.
https://www.autism.org.uk/directory/r/resources-
for-autism

People with Autism are no different from neurotypical


people! In fact, some of the greatest minds are
Autistic.

There are plenty of successful people with ASD.

1. Greta Thunberg – environmental activist,


spoken at the UN challenging global leaders.

2. Elon Musk – cofounded 6 companies


including Tesla & SpaceX.

3. Albert Einstein – one of the greatest


theoretical physicists of all time.

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