About autism- What is autism?
- What is Asperger syndrome?
- Publications and web resources
- A-Z list of information sheets
- ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) and autism
- Adolescents and adults with autism: a guide to resources
- Advocacy and autism
- Applied behavioural analysis (ABA)
- Asperger syndrome in your classroom (information for classmates)
- Asperger syndrome: a school's guide
- Asperger syndrome: books and videos
- Auditory Integration Training (AIT)
- Autism: a selective guide to books and videos/DVDs
- Autism: books for children and young people
- Autism: information for HE students studying the condition
- Autism: information for school and college students studying the condition
- Autism: why do more boys than girls develop it?
- Autism Data: a brief guide to searching
- Autism Services Directory: a brief guide to searching
- Behaviour guidelines
- Benefits: challenging decisions
- Benefits: which am I entitled to?
- Biting
- Blue badge scheme: a guide for parents and carers
- Blue Badge Scheme and ASDs: a guide for local authorities
- Bullying
- Can The National Autistic Society recommend any specific therapies?
- Care services for adults
- Carer's Allowance
- Christmas and autism spectrum disorders
- Circle of Friends - promoting inclusion and interaction
- Colleges for students with autism and Asperger syndrome
- Communication and interaction
- Community care: a guide for adults with ASD and their carers
- Computers: applications for people with autism
- Computers: using computer software at home - a parent's view
- Counselling
- Courses for professionals in autism and other related topics
- Criminal justice system and ASDs
- Daily Life Therapy: Higashi
- Death, bereavement and autism spectrum disorders
- Dentist: preparing for a visit
- Designing websites suitable for people with autism spectrum disorders
- Diagnosis: how can it benefit me as an adult?
- Diagnosis: the process for adults
- Diagnosis: the process for children
- Diagnostic options: a guide for health professionals
- Diet and vitamins: therapeutic approaches
- Diet modifications - a parent's view
- Dietary Management for Children and Adolescents with ASDs: Over-eating
- Dietary Management for Children and Adolescents with ASDs - Restricted diet
- Direct payments: a brief guide for parents and carers of children with an ASD
- Disability discrimination in education (England and Wales)
- Disability discrimination in education (Scotland)
- DLA (Disability Living Allowance): what is it?
- DLA: guidance for adults with an ASD completing the form
- DLA: keeping a diary
- DLA: (Disability Living Allowance): tips for parents and carers
- Doctor: preparing for a visit
- Driving
- Early years and autism
- Early years: what can I do for my pre-school child with autism?
- Education: Additional Support Needs (Scotland)
- Education: annual review (England and Wales)
- Education: choosing a school in England and Wales
- Education: classroom and playground - support for children with autism spectrum disorders
- Education: Co-ordinated Support Plan (CSP) (Scotland)
- Education: getting extra help for your child (Northern Ireland)
- Education: getting extra help in school (England and Wales)
- Education: independent adjudication (Scotland)
- Education: individual education plan (IEP) (England and Wales)
- Education: individualised education programme (IEP) Scotland
- Education: placing requests (Scotland)
- Education: statements of special educational needs (England and Wales)
- Education: the needs of students with autism and Asperger syndrome
- Education: understanding difficulties at break time and lunchtime
- Education: working with an Asperger pupil in secondary schools
- Education: worksheet for primary school children
- Education advocacy tips for parents (England and Wales)
- Education advocacy tips for families (Scotland)
- Education and autism: a guide to resources
- Education jargon (England and Wales)
- Education jargon (Scotland)
- Education legislation: a guide to resources (England and Wales)
- Education legislation: a guide to resources (Scotland)
- Employment at the NAS: opportunities for a career
- Employment information
- Employment: help with getting and keeping a job
- Employment: tips for interviewing people with autism and Asperger syndrome
- Environment and surroundings: making them autism-friendly
- Exclusion: fixed term (England and Wales)
- Exclusion: permanent (England and Wales)
- Facilitated Communication
- Families: ideas for days out
- Families: supporting brothers and sisters
- Genetics and autism: a briefing
- Grandparents
- Hairdressers: preparing for a visit
- High-functioning autism and Asperger syndrome: what's the difference?
- Holidays: autism-friendly venues
- Holidays: preparation and practicalities
- Incapacity Benefit: a guide
- Income support: a guide
- Lovaas
- Making a complaint about the NHS
- Mental health and Asperger syndrome
- Mercury and autism: a briefing
- Moving house
- Music therapy
- The National Autistic Society
- Obsessions, repetitive behaviours and routines
- Overseas: what help is available to families outside the UK?
- Parents of children with an ASD: basic guidelines for
- Partners of people with Asperger syndrome: a guide
- Partners - some frequently asked questions
- Pathological Demand Avoidance
- Patients with autistic spectrum disorders: information for health professionals
- PDD: What is it and how does it relate to autism?
- Person-centred planning
- Picture symbols (including PECS) - a parent's view
- Picture symbols: for professionals and students
- Play and autism
- Professionals in autism: a guide for parents and carers
- Religion: going to a place of worship
- Secretin and autistic spectrum disorders
- Self-injurious behaviour
- Semantic pragmatic impairments
- The sensory world of the autism spectrum
- Services for adults
- Sex education and children and young people with an ASD
- Shopping: strategies to help
- Sleep and autism: helping your child
- Social services: getting help for your child (England and Wales)
- Social skills
- Social Stories and Comic Strip Conversations
- Social work services, Scotland: getting help
- The Son-Rise Program
- The Son-Rise Program - a parent's view
- Speech and language therapy
- SPELL
- Statistics: how many people have autistic spectrum disorders?
- TEACCH (Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication handicapped CHildren)
- Toilet training
- Transition planning at the age of 14 (England and Wales)
- Understanding a parent with autism: a guide for young people
- Understanding behaviour
- University: choosing and applying
- University: how to support students with Asperger syndrome
- University: starting at
- Publications catalogue
- Magazines, journals, newsletters
- Autism Data
- Reading lists
- 'Easy read' information
- In other languages
- Current awareness services online
- Reports
- Article collection
- Useful websites and forums
- A-Z list of information sheets
- Causes, treatment and research
- Diagnosis
- Behaviour, communication and play
- Education
- Related conditions
- Benefits and welfare rights
- Courses and training
NAS services and support- Information shortcuts for...
- News and events
- How to support us
- Campaigning for change
- Shop online
- NAS across the UK
Links to the NAS across the UK - NAS Scotland website - NAS Northern Ireland website - NAS Cymru website - NAS England website
A-Z list of NAS information sheets
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This is an A-Z listing of information sheets produced by the Autism Helpline and Information Centre in response to the most frequently-asked questions. Together they form an invaluable library of practical information covering a wide range of subjects.
This list does not represent all information on the website on these services and subjects, however. For further information and to see this information set in context, please see the left-hand navigation or go to 'Related resources' at the bottom of this list.
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Information for people with an autism spectrum disorder
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