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AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDER

 What is Autistic Spectrum Disorder?

·        Commonly known as autism

  • A complex, lifelong, developmental disorder that usually appears during the first three years of life.
  • There are over half a million people in the UK with autism - that's around 1 in 100 people.
  • The word 'spectrum' is used because, while all people with autism share three main areas of difficulty, their condition will affect them in very different ways.
  • The characteristics of autism vary from one person to another but are generally divided into three main groups known as the triad of impairments

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