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The children :
The children
Background :
Background: Professor Tony Bailey
Road to discovery :
Early signs; developmental milestones
Early signs; behaviours and action
Getting a diagnosis; assessment and being told
Getting a diagnosis; referrals
Feelings about diagnosis
Thinking about labels
Everyday life :
Communication; understandings
Communication; relationships
Going out
Strategies for going out
Fears, anxieties, sensory issues and meltdowns
Special interests and routines
Eating and sleeping
Activities
Self help skills
Parents and their relationships :
Effect on parents; rewards
Effect on parents; health
Effect on parents; feeling like a bad parent
Effect on parents; worrying about the future
Effect on relationships
Siblings
Employment and finances
Changes over time :
Positive change over time
Growing up
Thinking ahead
Experiencing education :
Types of schooling
Difficulties in education; getting a statement
Difficulties in education; disliking school
Further education
Treatments :
Medical and dietary interventions
Therapies
Support :
Support groups
Respite care
Dealing with professionals
Causes
Factors that have helped
Information
Messages to parents
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Parents of children on the Autism Spectrum
People's stories
Age 6-11
Sandy - Interview 1
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Sandy’s older son, Joseph, aged 8, was diagnosed with autism one month before his second birthday. Her younger son, Adam, aged 6, was diagnosed ...
Liz - Interview 2
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Liz’s son, Jonas, aged 11, has been diagnosed with epilepsy, ADHD and Asperger syndrome and Raphe, the youngest son, has Downs Syndrome. Jonas attends ...
Rachel - Interview 8
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Rachel’s sons, Thomas and Matthew, have both been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. They both attend a mainstream primary school with support.
Katrina - Interview 11
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Katrina’s son, Callum was diagnosed with atypical autism when he was four years old. Callum has been home schooled for the past couple of ...
Helen and Jason - Interview 12
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Helen and Jason’s older son,Joshua, was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome when he was five years old. He attends the local mainstream primary school ...
Mary-Anne - Interview 25
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Mary-Anne’s son, Arthur, was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, Tourettes syndrome and elements of ADHD and OCD three years ago. He attends a special ...
Tony and Alison - Interview 28
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Tony and Alison’s son, Nathan, was diagnosed with autism three years ago. He is currently in a mainstream primary school and will move to ...
Bobbi - Interview 30
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Bobbi’s younger son, Charlie, was diagnosed with autism when he was five. He attends a local primary school with support and is getting on ...
Nick and Vikki - Interview 34
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Nick and Vikki’s younger son, Peter, was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome when he was five years old. He attends a specialist resourced provision attached ...
Steve - Interview 37
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Steve and his son have been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. Steve is studying for a degree in autism using distance learning and has heightened sensory ...
Helen - Interview 41
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Helen’s older son, Joseph, was diagnosed with autism when he was 7 years old. Joseph now attends an independent church school after a negative ...
Kirsten - Interview 43
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Kirsten’s middle child, Andrew, was diagnosed with autism when he was two. He attends a mainstream primary school in the mornings and does a ...
Jeanine - Interview 46
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Jeanine’s son was diagnosed with autism when he was five years old. He attends a mainstream primary school with support and has made good ...
Nuala - Interview 56
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Nuala’s son, Robert, was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome when he was eight years old. He attends a mainstream primary school with support and is ...
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