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About autism
What are autism and Asperger syndrome?
What is autism?
What is autism? (Easy read)
What is Asperger syndrome?
Asperger syndrome: what is it?
What is Asperger syndrome? (Easy read)
Asperger syndrome: broaching the subject
Autism: why do more boys than girls develop it?
High-functioning autism and Asperger syndrome: what's the difference?
PDD: what is it and how does it relate to autism?
Semantic pragmatic disorder
Related conditions
ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)
Down's syndrome
Dyslexia
Dyspraxia
Epilepsy
Fetal anti-convulsant syndrome (FACS)
Hyperlexia
Pathological demand avoidance syndrome (PDA)
Learning disabilities
All about diagnosis
Diagnosis: the process for children
Diagnosis: the process for children
Diagnosis: parents' questions
Diagnosis: telling a child about their diagnosis
Professionals in autism: a guide for parents and carers
Complaints about the NHS - children's procedure
Diagnosis: the process for adults
Diagnosis: the process for adults
Diagnosis: how can it benefit me as an adult?
Diagnosis: information for professionals
Diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders - a guide for health professionals
Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (CHAT)
Diagnostic options: a guide for health professionals
Diagnosis and its effect on the family
After diagnosis
Next steps: a Scottish autism information resource
Possible causes of autism
Position statement: causes of autism
Genetics and autism: a briefing
Position statement: autism and the MMR vaccine
Is there a 'cure'?
Approaches to autism
Position statement: therapies and interventions
Is autism really a disorder?
People's real-life experiences
Research
Research in Progress database
Research in Progress subject search
Research in Progress: UK-only search
Research in Progress - advanced search
Research in Progress: help
Are you looking for research participants?
Research projects: be a participant
Titles in Autism
Titles in Autism
Autism Update
Autism Update
Research Autism
Brain Bank for Autism and Related Developmental Research
Links: websites on autism research
Library of autism resources
Books and DVDs for purchase
Request a free publications catalogue
About the NAS Publications Department
Magazines, articles and reports
Asperger United
Sign up to our monthly e-newsletter
Autism: the International Journal of Research and Practice
Reading lists
Article collection
Reports
Databases
The Autism Services Directory
Autism Data
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
What is autism? (Easy read)
What is Asperger syndrome? (Easy read)
Your guide to Employment and Support Allowance (easy read)
Presentations from the International Conference
Plenary presentations from the International Conference 2005
Short seminar presentations, Int'l Conf 2005
Papers from the International Conference
In other languages
English versions of our translated information
Telephone interpretation service
Items available for purchase in community languages
Keep up to date: autism research and practice
Titles in Autism
Autism Update
Links to other websites and forums
Join our new Facebook or YouTube groups: help raise awareness of autism
Looking for forums?
Looking for blogs?
What is 'Second Life'?
Useful websites for people with an ASD
Useful websites for parents of people with an ASD
Useful websites for partners of people with an ASD
Useful websites for siblings of people with an ASD
Useful websites for health professionals
Useful websites for education professionals
Useful websites for support workers
Some facts and statistics
Statistics: how many people have autistic spectrum disorders?
40% of all children with autism wait more than three years for a clear diagnosis
Over half a million people have autism in the UK
Boys are four times more likely to develop autism than girls
25% of children with an ASD have been excluded from school at least once
Adults with autism say that finding a suitable job would improve their lives more than anything else
People with autism often want to make friends but due to their disability find it difficult
NAS volunteer befrienders have helped more than 2,000 families
We trained more than 6,000 professionals in diagnosis and early intervention techniques last year
Myths and facts about autism
Courses and training
Parent education and training programmes
Parent seminars and workshops
Courses and conferences organised by The National Autistic Society
Courses from training organisations across the UK
Courses and conferences organised by the NAS
Parent seminars and workshops
Advocacy: courses and events
Arts/leisure: courses and events
Asperger syndrome: courses and events
Associated disorders / learning disabilities: courses and events
Autism: courses and events
Autism spectrum disorders: courses and events
Benefits / disability rights: courses and events
Biological perspectives: courses and events
Challenging behaviour / behaviour management: courses and events
Communication: courses and events
Counselling: courses and events
Diagnosis and assessment: courses and events
Early intervention / pre-school: courses and events
Education: courses and events
Employment: courses and events
Families / parents / carers: courses and events
General: courses and events
Health care issues: courses and events
Inclusion: courses and events
Independence: courses and events
Information technology: courses and events
International conferences: courses and events
Legal issues: courses and events
Mental health: courses and events
Picture Exchange Communication (PECS): courses and events
Psychological perspectives: courses and events
Sex education / sexuality: courses and events
Social skills: courses and events
SPELL: courses and events
TEACCH: courses and events
Therapies / approaches / interventions: courses and events
Transition: courses and events
Training opportunities for volunteers
Volunteering as a Befriender
Volunteer at an out of school club
Volunteer for the Parent to Parent telephone helpline
Jargon buster
Glossary of terms: A
Glossary of terms: B
Glossary of terms: C
Glossary of terms: D
Glossary of terms: E
Glossary of terms: F
Glossary of terms: G
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Glossary of terms: I
Glossary of terms: J
Glossary of terms: L
Glossary of terms: M
Glossary of terms: N
Glossary of terms: O
Glossary of terms: P
Glossary of terms: R
Glossary of terms: S
Glossary of terms: T
Glossary of terms: W
Living with autism
Early years
Early years and autism
Early years: what can I do for my pre-school child with autism?
Understanding behaviour
The sensory world of the autism spectrum
Behaviour guidelines
Sleep and autism: helping your child
Toilet training
Obsessions, repetitive behaviours and routines
Challenging behaviour
Challenging behaviour
Challenging behaviours in children with an ASD
Biting
Self-injurious behaviour
Understanding behaviour
Behaviour guidelines
Sleep and autism: helping your child
Anxiety in adults with an autism spectrum disorder
Change: preparing a person with an autism spectrum disorder for change
Dietary management
Dietary management
Dietary management for children and adolescents with ASDs - restricted diet
Dietary management for children and adolescents with ASDs: over-eating
Questions we are asked about behaviour
My son is targetting certain staff at his home
Any tips on teaching my son self-help skills?
Challenging behaviour during transition times
My daughter is prone to aggressive behaviour
My son will hug strangers in the street
Aggression when TV schedule changes
Anxiety during break and lunch times at school
My son appears not to listen in class
My daughter reacts badly when we say 'no'
Difficulty getting my son to do his homework
My adult son does not like to wash himself
My daughter likes to chew on pebbles
My son has started smearing
I find it difficult to motivate my 24-year-old son
'Story builder' software
Approaches, therapies and interventions
Behavioural interventions
Applied behavioural analysis (ABA)
Lovaas
Diets and supplements
Diet and vitamins: therapeutic approaches
Diet modifications - a parent's view
Medical interventions
Medical interventions
Serotonin and autism spectrum disorders
Physiological interventions
Auditory Integration Training (AIT)
Relationship-based interventions
The Son-Rise Program
The Son-Rise Program - a parent's view
Service-based interventions
SPELL
Daily Life Therapy: Higashi
TEACCH (Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication handicapped CHildren)
Skills-based interventions
Visual supports
Facilitated communication
Picture symbols: for professionals and students
Picture symbols (including PECS) - a parent's view
Social Stories and Comic Strip Conversations
Standard therapies
Counselling
Counsellors and psychotherapists: a guide
Music therapy
Speech and language therapy
Complementary therapies
Complementary therapies
Dolphin therapy
Technology
Computers: using computer software at home - a parent's view
Questionnaire on autism interventions
Communicating and interacting
Social skills
Social skills for adolescents and adults
Developing social skills in children with an ASD
Communication and interaction
Speech and language therapy
Semantic pragmatic impairments
Circle of Friends - promoting inclusion and interaction
Sex education and children and young people with an ASD
At home
Environment and surroundings
Environment and surroundings: making them autism-friendly
Creating a well-structured environment
Modifying the environment
Autism-friendly environments: useful products and resources
Home improvements and equipment: funding
Moving house
Families: supporting brothers and sisters
Families: supporting brothers and sisters
Support for younger brothers and sisters
Support for adolescent brothers or sisters
Support for adult brothers and sisters
Support networks for brothers and sisters
Useful reading for brothers and sisters
Christmas and autism spectrum disorders
Christmas and autism spectrum disorders
Ten ideas for a happy Christmas
Christmas and autism spectrum disorders
Ideas for toys and leisure activities
Managing money
Managing money
Money: managing your money
Money: borrowing money and managing debt
Death, bereavement and autism spectrum disorders
Out and about
Shopping: strategies to help
Doctor: preparing for a visit
Hairdressers: preparing for a visit
Dentist: preparing for a visit
Religion: going to a place of worship
Holidays and days out
Ideas for holidays and days out
Families: ideas for days out
Days out: planning your day
Going to a museum: a guide for families of a child with ASD
Holidays: preparation and practicalities
Holidays: autism-friendly venues
Encounters with the law
Encounters with the law
Criminal justice system and ASDs
Prison and ASDs
Legal firms with experience of dealing with ASDs
Law firms sought with experience of working with people with an ASD
Driving
Education
Primary and secondary school
Extra help for your child in school
Your child: at school
Education: home educating your child
Education legislation
Education jargon
Education: choosing a school in England and Wales
Education: transport from home to school (England)
Exclusion
Transition issues in education
Breaking down barriers to learning
Education: moving from primary to secondary school
Education: transition (Scotland)
Transition planning at the age of 14 (England and Wales)
Further and higher education
Colleges for students with autism or Asperger syndrome
University: choosing and applying
Starting university
Bullying: a guide for young people
Bullying: a guide for young people with an autism spectrum disorder
What you can do if you are being bullied
Keep safe
What if you are the bully?
What can you do if your teacher is bullying you?
Some things you may find difficult
Further information and contact details
References and recommended reading
Autism Education Trust
Employment
Employment information
Help from your local careers service
Bullying in the workplace
Employment: tips for interviewing people with autism and Asperger syndrome
Benefits and community care
Benefits: which am I entitled to?
Disability Living Allowance
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 (Disability Living Allowance): tips for parents and carers
DLA: keeping a diary
Receiving DLA? Free cinema ticket when you take a friend!
Care and benefits for parents and carers
Direct payments
Self-directed support
Care support for children with an ASD
Blue badge scheme: a guide for parents and carers
Care services: complaints and remedies (England)
Care and benefits for adults with an ASD
Employment and Support Allowance
Income support: a guide
Direct payments: a guide for adults and young people
Incapacity Benefit: a guide
Benefits: challenging benefits decisions
Community care: a guide for adults with ASD and their carers
Housing options: an introduction for people with autism and their families
Carer's Allowance
People's real-life experiences
People's real-life experiences
Real life stories: people with an ASD
Real life stories: people with autism and Asperger syndrome
Suddenly everything made sense...
It is important to look for what people with autism CAN do
How my special interest has shaped my life
I felt like an unsolved mystery
I can finally say I have success in employment
My special interest has given me the dedication to succeed
Early on in life I felt 'different'
My sons have transformed my life
I would not change the beauty of being autistic
I am proud of what I have achieved so far
I am doing well in life because of my mum's influence
We deserve help just like anyone else
Life is a battle that I'm fully capable of winning
I'm proud that I look at the world in a different way
I can't 'turn the volume down' - living with hyperacusis
Looking forward to a diagnosis
Turning a relationsh*t into a relationship
New beginnings
Life in Ukraine with Asperger syndrome
Having a friend has helped
What it is like to be autistic
ASDs are things kids have, aren't they?
My life as a ten-year-old with Asperger syndrome
How I've learned to cope with life on the spectrum
Something to be proud of
Self-belief and Asperger syndrome
Finding help locally
Taking control
Diagnosis as an adult
Andy's story
Dispelling some myths about autism
Don't take it literally
I live in a home within myself
Growing up undiagnosed
Maternal loss in childhood and Asperger syndrome
Introspection
Real life stories: parents and carers
The same yet different
How wonderful it is to see the world through her eyes
What more can anybody ask for?
Proud of our daughter's achievements
Asperger syndrome is a special gift
Jayme's story
Guy's achievements in education
Dancing means everything to James
How Khovan is doing two years on...
Never give up!
A young girl's struggle
I can't 'turn the volume down' - living with hyperacusis
My daughter has Asperger's
Searching for my little boy
Guess we'll have to find another Wednesday group...
Mary's audio diary
Ben's exam success
Twenty-six years old and doing well
World Autism Day 2 April 2008: a parent's perspective
What happens when my son leaves school?
Ryan - a father's poem
'It was simpleness itself'
Crayfish salad for me, please
A perfect birthday?
Somewhere over the rainbow...
Fighting to get others to believe me
My daughter was bullied at school
Long live the special school
Documentaries about autism and Asperger syndrome
Nigel's story
How having the right support and being listened to can change lives
Newly diagnosed and hurting
Our experience of inclusion in mainstream school
Tom can fly and paint a rainbow
Trust your instincts about your children
These days his biggest worry is which university degree to study for!
I discovered that my daughter has Asperger syndrome by pure chance
Khovan's first few years
Aaron's story about his experiences as a victim of bullying - in his own words
My struggle to have my son's educational needs met
Mentoring and support for students with Aperger syndrome
Jamie's story
Facing up to discrimination from neighbours
Autism and the animal world
Double trouble
Lucas and the ra-ra skirt
Decoding Liesel
When your parenting skills are questioned
The human boy and the Martians
Claiming Disability Living Allowance - a personal account
Ignorance causes bullying
Learning to cope with Tom's challenging behaviour
Real life stories from partners
Real life stories: partners of people with Asperger syndrome
A gentle and intelligent man
Diagnosis is vital
Report on Maxine Aston's 'Healing of Cassandra' workshop
Mary's story
Now that I know
... well, he's just lovely!
Real life stories from siblings
Real life stories from siblings
Perfect just the way he is
My brother Sam is different
I love him more than anybody in the universe
Hanging on the telephone
My life as a ten-year-old with Asperger syndrome
My special brother by Alison Kennedy
The reason I'm me!
My brother, John by Jacquie
Imagine ... by Jayne
An overwhelming question by Caroline Fischer
Living with my autistic brother
Living with autism by Lola Fisher
A new world with my brother, the Rain Man by Marina Baker
Growing up with a brother with autism by Celeste
The world can be cruel and so can I
Poetry from siblings of children
Working with people with autism
Education
Educational professionals in schools
General introductory material for school teachers
Lessons and breaktimes
Resources for teachers
New autism resource to support schools
Autism Toolbox sent to all schools in Scotland
Play and autism
Helpline email service
Education professionals in FE and HE
Education: meeting the needs of students in FE and HE
Guidelines for teaching students with Asperger syndrome in further education colleges
University: how to support students with Asperger syndrome
Colleges for students with autism or Asperger syndrome
Issues relating to the FE/support of students with autism
Supporting students with autism in further education
Useful websites for education professionals
Useful websites for education professionals
Links: websites of autism-related newsletters and magazines
Links: websites on speech and communication
Links: online forums for education professionals
Links: websites on educational materials
Useful resources in advocacy and special needs education
Health
Patients with autism spectrum disorders: information for health professionals
Screening and diagnosis
Diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders - a guide for health professionals
Diagnostic options: a guide for health professionals
Checklist for Autism in Toddlers (CHAT)
Screening measure for autism in adults
Information for general practitioners
Information for general practitioners
Important facts about autism and Asperger syndrome for GPs
Recognising autism spectrum disorder
GP's guide to adults with Asperger syndrome
Information for dentists
Information for dentists
Dental care and autism
Dentist: preparing for a visit
Mental health and Asperger syndrome
Semantic pragmatic impairments
Useful websites for health professionals
Useful websites for health professionals
Links: websites of autism-related newsletters and magazines
Links: general websites on autism spectrum disorders for health professionals
Links: websites on potentially related conditions
Links: research organisations
Links: general websites on disability
Links: websites on speech and communication
Links: websites on autism research
Links: websites on biomedical research
Links: online forums for health professionals
Helpline email service
Social care and support
Resources for autism awareness training
Resources for autism awareness training
Take our Autism Awareness Quiz
Care and support services for adults: information for local authorities
Person-centred planning
Blue Badge Scheme and ASDs: a guide for local authorities
Guidelines for inspectors of social care services
Assessments of need for adults with autism
Pointers to good practice for schools and Local Education Authorities (LEAs).
Good practice in supporting adults with autism
Supporting adults with autism: a guide
DED guidance for public authorities
Improving Commissioning Standards in Services for Children and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Criminal justice
Autism: a guide for criminal justice professionals
Criminal justice system and ASDs
A distance learning resource for criminal justice professionals
Position statement: crime and autism
Prison and ASDs
Law firms sought with experience of working with people with an ASD
Criminal justice professionals' e-learning module
Aims and outcomes: about this resource
Course components
Test your knowledge
Other resources for criminal justice professionals
Arranging training or consultancy from the NAS
Sports, leisure and play
For activity leaders and sports instructors
Activity leaders and sports instructors: a guide to autism
How to communicate
Planning the first visit
Explaining to other children
Structure and rules
Sensory issues
Going on trips
Summary and further reading
Brownie and Cub leaders
Play workers
Information for play workers
The sensory world of the autism spectrum
Ideas for toys and leisure activities
Employers
Employment: tips for interviewing people with autism and Asperger syndrome
Creating autism-friendly spaces
Architects
Seminar on autism-friendly environments, June 2010
NAS architect's briefing notes
Breaking the mould
Designing environments for children and adults with ASD
Evaluation of features specific to an ASD designed living accommodation
Web professionals
Information for web developers, designers, managers
Designing websites suitable for people with autism spectrum disorders
A career in autism
Employment at the NAS: opportunities for a career
Services for professionals
Our training, conferences and consultancy services
Training and consultancy services
Higher education courses
Courses and conferences organised by The National Autistic Society
Downloads for NAS-run conferences
Courses for professionals in autism and other related topics
Our services
Education and schools
Broomhayes School
Broomhayes: our aims
The philosophy of SPELL
School management and staff
The curriculum at Broomhayes
Accommodation
Leisure activities
Our admissions process
School policies
Broomhayes news and events
How to contact Broomhayes
Daldorch House School
Introduction
Accommodation and facilities
Placements
Curriculum
Outreach support
School management and staff
Policies
Working with others
Where to find us and useful contacts
Helen Allison School
About the school
The curriculum
Admissions
Our students
Respite services
News and events
Jobs, placements and volunteering
Contact us
Radlett Lodge School
Principal's welcome
Our aims and philosophy
Curriculum
Boarding arrangements
Teaching methods
Staffing and support services
General information
Short breaks service
Robert Ogden School
Prospectus
Contact us
News and events
Job vacancies at Robert Ogden School
Sybil Elgar School
Curriculum
Facilities
Programme planning and review
Safety and care
Behaviour management
Schools policy statement
Out of school clubs
Out of school clubs
Out of school clubs in England
Out of school clubs in Scotland
Out of school clubs in Wales
London Outreach Service
Student support services
Student support services
Student and graduate support
Community, post-school and employment support
University outreach service
Education Support Service for teachers
Housing and independent living
Scotland: supported living services
Our adult services
Vacancies, referrals and general enquiries
Adult services in England
Scotland: supported living services
Adult services in Wales
Support for families and carers
help! programme: support for parents and carers
help!
help! 2
help! contact details
Befriending
Apply for an e-befriender today
Request a befriender application form
Befriending schemes around the UK
Support for families in England
help! programme: support for parents and carers
Befriending
Short break schemes
London Outreach Service
Parent seminars and workshops
Early intervention training
Investing in Brighter Futures
Autism support groups in London
Autism Suffolk
Greater Manchester Family Services Development Project
Support for families in Scotland
Support for families in Scotland
help! programme: support for parents and carers
Befriending
Parent seminars and workshops
Community, post-school and employment support
Early intervention training
Investing in Brighter Futures
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