ASD in Education is a website for teams who support children with autism spectrum disorder
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
What is autism?
As a child grows from birth to early adulthood there are a number of milestones (skills or age-specific tasks) that he or she will usually reach.
These are in areas such as thinking (or cognition), social interaction, communication, gross motor and fine motor skills.
While many people have some delay in development of one or other of these areas, ASD is the name for a group of conditions where a student has a noticeable delay or difficulty in three important areas of development:
- communication
- social interaction
- cognition (thinking).
These are called the core ‘characteristics’ of ASD.
In addition, many students (particularly younger children) with ASD either under-react or over-react to sensory information.
ASD in Education – Internal link for those who support children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This section provides resources, tips and tools for teams working with children and young people.