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Background: Professor Tony Bailey
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Feelings about diagnosis
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Communication; understandings
Communication; relationships
Going out
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Fears, anxieties, sensory issues and meltdowns
Special interests and routines
Eating and sleeping
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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
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Changes over time :
Positive change over time
Growing up
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Difficulties in education; getting a statement
Difficulties in education; disliking school
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Parents of children on the Autism Spectrum
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Autism
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Parents of children on the Autism Spectrum
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Age under 6
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Amanda - Interview 29
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Amanda sometimes ends up snapping at her husband.
Amanda’s two children have both been diagnosed with autism. They attend a special school for children with moderate learning difficulties which they both enjoy.
Autism
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Parents of children on the Autism Spectrum
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Age under 6
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Nicki and Mark - Interview 14
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Mark used the NAS cards at the cinema.
Nicki and Mark’s son, Tyler, was diagnosed with autism when he was four years old. He attends a special school and they are delighted with his progress.
Autism
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Parents of children on the Autism Spectrum
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Age 6-11
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Helen - Interview 41
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Helen has grown a thick skin over the years and will tell people what she thinks.
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 experience in a mainstream primary school and is making good progress with appropriate support.
Autism
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Parents of children on the Autism Spectrum
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Age 6-11
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Tony and Alison - Interview 28
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Alison got T-shirts printed saying “I’m not naughty, I’m autistic” to make going out easier.
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 a special school for his secondary education.
Autism
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Parents of children on the Autism Spectrum
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Age under 6
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Amanda - Interview 29
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When Amanda goes out with her son the general public see him as a spoiled brat whose mum always gives in to him.
Amanda’s two children have both been diagnosed with autism. They attend a special school for children with moderate learning difficulties which they both enjoy.
Autism
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Parents of children on the Autism Spectrum
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Age 6-11
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Helen - Interview 41
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Helen has grown a thick skin over the years and will tell people what she thinks.
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 experience in a mainstream primary school and is making good progress with appropriate support.
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