This course provides perspectives from autistic people about how autism is defined and experienced. It will enable learners to recognise the strengths and challenges experienced by many autistic people and how to respond to create enabling environments.

Increase awareness of autism within your organisation through a short session, tailored to your organisation’s needs.

This session offers a short introduction to neurodiversity and neurodivergence.

If you are looking for an introduction to autism and autistic experience, this course will develop your knowledge and understanding through exploring key areas of difference.

This course enables delegates to learn about autistic experience and supportive approaches. We would recommend this for practitioners who support autistic people on a regular basis across a range of settings. It is a course aiming to build your knowledge of autism and how to support autistic children and adults, using the principles of the SPELL framework.

Non-medical helpers and mentors (NMH) Bundle Our NMH bundles consists of six courses for the price of five: Understanding autism, Autism and communication, Autism and sensory experience, Autism, stress and anxiety, Autism: supporting families, Women and girls on the autism spectrum.

This course is for university staff who support autistic students and want to know more about autism and supportive approaches. This course meets part of the NMH Mandatory Qualifications for Specialist Mentor Autism and Specialist one-to-one Study Skills and Strategy Support – Autism.

This course focuses on the common toileting difficulties in autistic children.

The aim of the course is to increase understanding of autistic experience, autistic mental health experiences and to explore supportive strategies to support young autistic people’s mental health.  

This course focuses on understanding and supporting autistic children with eating challenges.

This course explores how sensory differences can impact autistic people and what supportive approaches may help.

A course exploring stress, anxiety and trauma in autistic people and how we can support people proactively.

A workshop delivered by Dr Siobhan Timmins, Certified Social Stories Trainer, with the aim of supporting people in understanding how to develop and use Social Stories™.

This training licenses autism experienced professionals to deliver a one-day Essential Autism course to their staff teams.

A training course that licenses autism experienced professionals to deliver a two-day Autism and SPELL course to their staff teams.

This licensed user training will enable you to deliver the EarlyBird (under six years), EarlyBird Plus (ages five to ten years) or Teen Life (ages 10 to 16 years) parent support programmes to parents and carers of autistic children and young people.

This postgraduate course is a successful collaboration between Sheffield Hallam University and the National Autistic Society.