This is a very interesting post on exactly what the title says - the communication needs of autistic children. Very basic information, but good and relevant. Many parents and therapists focus on the child needing to communicate verbally, but this post gets across how important it is for them just to be able to communicate and i

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More people are becoming aware of Autism these days and although no-one likes to think that their child may have something wrong with them, the number of children diagnosed with Autism seems to have increased over recent years. It is because of the increase in awareness of the disorder that people are learning more about the sy

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The number of children diagnosed with Autism has increased significantly over recent years. Whether this is due to the fact that there is more awareness of the disorder leading to more diagnosis or whether it is due to other environmental factors that is actually increasing the number of children having the disorder, whatever

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