Play

Children with Autism love structure and routine, they need to understand what they
should do. It’s usually when your child doesn’t know what to do with himself that he will
engage in inappropriate behaviour, get frustrated and become difficult to manage.

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Communication and Social Interaction

For most children learning to communicate is exciting. It starts right from birth and

should be fun for the child, his family and friends.
Yet it is not easy, as the complex process of communication involves: -

• Listening
• Looking
• Understanding
• Thinking
• Wanting to communicate
• Needing to communicate

Children learn to communicate at different stages and children with Autism are no
different.

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Making Sense of Sensory

Our Sensory systems tell us about our body position, how we move, what we hear, see, smell, touch and taste.

Most children with a diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorder react to their surroundings in different or unusual ways because their sensory systems react differently.

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