• 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