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About autism- What are autism and Asperger syndrome?
- All about diagnosis
- Possible causes of autism
- Research
- Library of autism resources
- Books and DVDs for purchase
- Magazines, articles and reports
- Databases
- Signpost: a personalised, web-based information service
- A-Z list of information sheets
- Activity leaders and sports instructors: a guide to autism
- ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)
- Adolescents and adults with autism: a guide to resources
- Advocacy and autism
- Anxiety in adults with an autism spectrum disorder
- Applied behavioural analysis (ABA)
- Asperger syndrome in your classroom (information for classmates)
- Asperger syndrome: a school's guide
- Asperger syndrome: a selective guide to books and other resources
- Asperger syndrome: broaching the subject
- Auditory Integration Training (AIT)
- Autism: a selective guide to books and other resources
- 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 benefits 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: a guide for young people
- Bullying: a guide for parents
- Bullying in the workplace
- Can The National Autistic Society recommend any specific therapies?
- Care services: complaints and remedies (England)
- Care and support services for adults: information for local authorities
- Carer's Allowance
- Challenging behaviours in children with an ASD
- Change: preparing a person with an autism spectrum disorder for change
- Christmas and autism spectrum disorders
- Circle of Friends - promoting inclusion and interaction
- Colleges for students with autism or Asperger syndrome
- Communication and interaction
- Community care: a guide for adults with ASD and their carers
- Complaints about the NHS - children's procedure
- Computers: applications for people with autism
- Computers: using computer software at home - a parent's view
- Counselling
- Counsellors and psychotherapists: a guide
- 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: telling a child about their diagnosis
- Diagnosis: the process for adults
- 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
- Dyspraxia and autism spectrum disorders
- Direct payments: a brief guide for parents and carers of children with an ASD
- Direct payments: a guide for adults and young people
- DLA (Disability Living Allowance): what is it?
- DLA: guidance for adults with an ASD completing the form
- DLA: high-rate mobility for children with ASD
- 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: disability discrimination in schools (England and Wales)
- Education : disability discrimination (Scotland)
- Education: getting extra help for your child (Northern Ireland)
- Education: getting extra help in school (England and Wales)
- Education: home educating your child
- Education: independent adjudication (Scotland)
- Education: individual education plans (IEPs) (England and Wales)
- Education: individualised education programme (IEP) Scotland
- Education: meeting the needs of students in FE and HE
- Education: moving from primary to secondary school
- Education: placing requests (Scotland)
- Education: statements of special educational needs (England and Wales)
- Education: transition (Scotland)
- Education: transport from home to school (England)
- 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: fixed term exclusion (England and Wales)
- Education jargon (England and Wales)
- Education jargon (Scotland)
- Education legislation: a guide to resources (England and Wales)
- Education legislation: a guide to resources (Scotland)
- Education: permanent exclusion (England and Wales)
- Exclusion (Scotland)
- Employment and Support Allowance
- Employment at the NAS: opportunities for a career
- Employment information
- Employment: tips for interviewing people with autism and Asperger syndrome
- Employer factsheet: What is an autism spectrum disorder?
- Employer factsheet: Managing someone with an ASD
- Environment and surroundings: making them autism-friendly
- Epilepsy
- Facilitated communication
- Families: ideas for days out
- Families: supporting brothers and sisters
- Genetics and autism: a briefing
- Grandchildren: what is autism and why does my grandchild have it?
- Hairdressers: preparing for a visit
- High-functioning autism and Asperger syndrome: what's the difference?
- Holidays: autism-friendly venues
- Holidays: preparation and practicalities
- Home improvements and equipment: funding
- Incapacity Benefit: a guide
- Income support: a guide
- Lasting power of attorney
- Lovaas
- Mental health and Asperger syndrome
- Money: borrowing money and managing debt
- Money: managing your money
- Moving house
- Music therapy
- The National Autistic Society
- Obsessions, repetitive behaviours and routines
- Organising, sequencing and prioritising
- Overseas: what help is available to families outside the UK?
- Parents of adults with autism: your rights
- Partners of people with Asperger syndrome: a guide
- Partners - some frequently asked questions
- Patients with autism spectrum disorders: information for health professionals
- Pathological demand avoidance syndrome (PDA)
- 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
- Prison and ASDs
- Professionals in autism: a guide for parents and carers
- Religion: going to a place of worship
- Self-injurious behaviour
- Semantic pragmatic impairments
- The sensory world of the autism spectrum
- Serotonin and autism spectrum disorders
- 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 services: getting help for children and adults (Scotland)
- Social skills for adolescents and adults
- Social Stories and Comic Strip Conversations
- 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 behaviour
- University: choosing and applying
- University: how to support students with Asperger syndrome
- University: starting at
- Visual supports
- 'Easy read' information
- Presentations from the International Conference
- In other languages
- Keep up to date: autism research and practice
- Links to other websites and forums
- Some facts and statistics
- Courses and training
- Jargon buster
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