| For many parents raising a child with special needs | | | | Many parents of children with special needs such |
| is stressful enough, but when your child has | | | | as Autism Spectrum Disorder use social stories as |
| autism spectrum disorder you may well be faced | | | | a strategy to help their child communicate and |
| with additional challenges. | | | | learn vital everyday life skill. |
| Autism Spectrum Disorder is a neurological | | | | For a typically developing child social and |
| disorder that affects a person their whole life. | | | | communication skills are learnt naturally, with |
| Autism Spectrum Disorder can not be cured and | | | | autism this ability is missing this due the |
| research continues into the causes of this | | | | symptoms of autism. |
| disorder. | | | | Learning effective social and communication skills |
| Autism Spectrum Disorder affects a persons | | | | using social stories as a strategy is simple parents |
| social, communication, interaction and imagination | | | | do not need any formal training to use social |
| skills and behaviours, it is often said that children | | | | stories or flash cards. |
| with autism live in "their own world". A person | | | | Internet sites run by experts in childhood autism |
| with autism will be faced with a wide variety of | | | | such as offer parent vital help with autism such |
| developmental challenges, due to the symptoms | | | | as downloads of social stories and flash cards all |
| of autism. | | | | written and produced by experts in childhood |
| There are many therapies and autism treatments | | | | autism. |
| that can help address the symptoms of autism. | | | | Social stories are short descriptive visual |
| If you are the parent or teacher of a child with | | | | representations like a framework of the skill or |
| autism you may want to consider some of these | | | | behaviour that the child with Autism Spectrum |
| available autism treatments, for example PECS, | | | | Disorder is struggling to master or cope with, |
| flash cards and social stories all of which are used | | | | therefore reducing anxieties and stress. |
| effectively in the treatment of autism. | | | | |