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CategoriesChildren Information

Language, communication and skills

Many autistic children develop language skills at a different rate and in a different order from typically developing children. This means they might not understand what you say to them or might have difficulty following instructions. Some autistic children can find it difficult to use spoken language to ask for things or tell other people what […]

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Development and Autism

Autistic children might develop skills at different rates from typically developing children. They might also develop skills in a different order from other children. For example, autistic children might start to use a few single words around 12 months of age and then develop language differently from typically developing children as they get older. Or […]

CategoriesChildren Information Medical

Autism Diagnosis

Autism can be diagnosed from 12-18 months, but it’s usually from around 2 years of age. Diagnosis usually involves many specialists and professionals testing and assessing a child – this is called a multidisciplinary assessment. A multidisciplinary team usually includes a paediatrician, a psychologist a speech pathologist and sometimes a psychiatrist. It might also include other professionals, […]

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Autism and children

Based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.), an autistic child experiences limitations in the areas of social communication and interaction in addition to restrictive, repetitive patterns of behaviour, interests, or activities. These deficits may affect their active participation in academic settings, undermining their overall academic outcomes. Autistic children have three […]