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    Autism is a developmental disability that affects social skills, communication, and interactions. The most common types are autism spectrum disorder, pathological demand avoidance, childhood disintegrative disorder, and pervasive developmental disorder. The NHS provides information on autism including signs, diagnosis, management, and guidance. For autism awareness week, people can educate themselves and others on autism, check out famous autistic people, empathize with others' perspectives, diversify reading to include autistic authors, and remove harmful terms from their vocabulary through kindness. Resources include organizations that offer services and support for autism. Successful people with autism include activist Greta Thunberg, entrepreneur Elon Musk, and physicist Albert Einstein.

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    Autism is a developmental disability that affects social skills, communication, and interactions. The most common types are autism spectrum disorder, pathological demand avoidance, childhood disintegrative disorder, and pervasive developmental disorder. The NHS provides information on autism including signs, diagnosis, management, and guidance. For autism awareness week, people can educate themselves and others on autism, check out famous autistic people, empathize with others' perspectives, diversify reading to include autistic authors, and remove harmful terms from their vocabulary through kindness. Resources include organizations that offer services and support for autism. Successful people with autism include activist Greta Thunberg, entrepreneur Elon Musk, and physicist Albert Einstein.

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    Autism is a developmental disability that affects social skills, communication, and interactions. The most common types are autism spectrum disorder, pathological demand avoidance, childhood disintegrative disorder, and pervasive developmental disorder. The NHS provides information on autism including signs, diagnosis, management, and guidance. For autism awareness week, people can educate themselves and others on autism, check out famous autistic people, empathize with others' perspectives, diversify reading to include autistic authors, and remove harmful terms from their vocabulary through kindness. Resources include organizations that offer services and support for autism. Successful people with autism include activist Greta Thunberg, entrepreneur Elon Musk, and physicist Albert Einstein.

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    Autism Awareness Week Poster

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    Autism is a developmental disability that affects social skills, communication, and interactions. The most common types are autism spectrum disorder, pathological demand avoidance, childhood disintegrative disorder, and pervasive developmental disorder. The NHS provides information on autism including signs, diagnosis, management, and guidance. For autism awareness week, people can educate themselves and others on autism, check out famous autistic people, empathize with others' perspectives, diversify reading to include autistic authors, and remove harmful terms from their vocabulary through kindness. Resources include organizations that offer services and support for autism. Successful people with autism include activist Greta Thunberg, entrepreneur Elon Musk, and physicist Albert Einstein.

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    What is Autism?

    Most Common Types of Autism:

    • A developmental disability that affects • Autism Spectrum Disorder


    how people communicate and • Pathological Demand Avoidance
    interact with the world & other • Childhood Disintegrative Disorder
    people. • Pervasive Developmental Disorder

    • Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) The NHS has a guide on what autism is, the signs, how to get
    refers to a broad range of conditions diagnosed, managing life with autism and much more
    characterised by challenges with guidance.
    social skills, repetitive behaviours,
    speech & non-verbal communication. www.nhs.uk/conditions/autism

    What can you do for autism awareness week?

    • Educate yourself & the people around


    you on autism
    • Check out the work of famous people
    with autism.
    • Put yourself in other people’s shoes –
    empathise.
    • Diversify your reading list – reading Useful Resources:
    books based on autistic characters or
    by autistic authors is a great start. • Options Autism – the options autism team have
    • Removing harmful terms from your created a series of helpsheets offering advice and
    vocabulary. guidance.
    https://www.optionsautism.co.uk/resources/
    Most importantly be kind to all you meet!
    • Resources for Autism – fantastic registered charity
    that offer a variety of services such as youth clubs,
    music therapy etc.
    https://resourcesforautism.org.uk/

    • National Autistic Society – provides services such


    as art therapy for all ages and genders.
    https://www.autism.org.uk/directory/r/resources-
    for-autism

    People with Autism are no different from neurotypical


    people! In fact, some of the greatest minds are
    Autistic.

    There are plenty of successful people with ASD.

    1. Greta Thunberg – environmental activist,


    spoken at the UN challenging global leaders.

    2. Elon Musk – cofounded 6 companies


    including Tesla & SpaceX.

    3. Albert Einstein – one of the greatest


    theoretical physicists of all time.

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