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Early signs; behaviours and action
Getting a diagnosis; assessment and being told
Getting a diagnosis; referrals
Feelings about diagnosis
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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
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Autism
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Parents of children on the Autism Spectrum
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Age 12-17
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Daniel - Interview 7
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Daniel rehearses situations with Jonathan to enable him to take part in activities.
Daniel’s son, Jonathan, was diagnosed with autism in association with hyperlexia when he was aged 4. Daniel has home-schooled his son for the past four years.
Autism
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Parents of children on the Autism Spectrum
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Age 12-17
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Daniel - Interview 7
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Daniel discusses how Jonathan will be included in activities but it is difficult for people to understand the support he needs.
Daniel’s son, Jonathan, was diagnosed with autism in association with hyperlexia when he was aged 4. Daniel has home-schooled his son for the past four years.
Autism
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Parents of children on the Autism Spectrum
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Age 12-17
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Daniel - Interview 7
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Jonathan has made substantial progress since Daniel started to home-school him.
Daniel’s son, Jonathan, was diagnosed with autism in association with hyperlexia when he was aged 4. Daniel has home-schooled his son for the past four years.
Autism
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Parents of children on the Autism Spectrum
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Age 12-17
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Karen - Interview 23
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Karen describes the situation leading up to her daughter’s formal exclusion from school.
Karen’s old daughter was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome when she was 10 years old. She has since been diagnosed with Oppositional Defiance Disorder and her mother has removed her from school because appropriate support was not provided.
Autism
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Parents of children on the Autism Spectrum
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Age 6-11
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Jeanine - Interview 46
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The information often doesn’t deal with the things Jeanine really wants to know, like how to deal with anger outbursts.
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 progress at school.
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