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Transforming Autism Welcomes Sir Christopher Ball as First Vice Patron

Transforming Autism is proud to announce Sir Christopher Ball as the charity’s very first Vice Patron. Sir Christopher has been a dedicated supporter of Transforming Autism for many years and now takes on this new role to continue his commitment, share his voice, and help the charity expand its reach

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Major Grant to Help Autistic Children Thrive at Home

Transforming Autism is proud to announce that it has received its largest funding award to date – £45,000 from the Sir Halley Stewart Trust. This generous grant will support the development and pilot of a new, progressive online early intervention programme for young autistic children and their families. The programme,

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Autism – The Way Of The Future?

There are a lot of common conceptions (mostly mis-conceptions) about autism, and all of them concern what are perceived as its disadvantages; the difficulties that autistic people face because of their “condition”.

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The Language of Autism

Should we call autism a disability, or something else?  Should we say that someone is “autistic” or that they “have autism”? 

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How Our Subtle Messages Can Impact Autistic Children

by Guy Shahar Published:  21st February, 2020 In the course of family life, as we are growing up, we learn and absorb ways of behaving and communicating from our parents and others, and then we replicate this in our own families when we are older. The process happens unconsciously (which is

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Pushing the Boundaries of Autism

by Guy Shahar Published: 4th May 2017 We often hear how children with autism have certain needs, like the need for routine or certainty or quietness around them or literal language so that they are not confused by figurative expressions, etc. It is widely assumed that such needs are hard-wired

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