Autism Awareness
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This is a short presentation on autism. You may also be interested in:
Additional information
| Resource type | Assembly |
|---|---|
| Age range | Age 14-16, Age 9-13 |
Description
This is a short presentation on autism. You may also be interested in:
This resource contains an editable, 120 slide PowerPoint presentation on autism and Autism Awareness Day (2nd April) and Autism Awareness Week. I had the privilege of teaching and working with many amazing young people on the autistic spectrum for twenty years. People with autism are often misunderstood. Hopefully, this presentation will help others, both staff and pupils, to be more informed about, and more understanding of, autism.
The presentation includes sections on:
What is autism?
Signs of autism
Social Communication Difficulties
Social Interaction Difficulties
Rigid Thought Processes
Sensory Issues
Repetitions and Rituals
Obsessions
Gifts and Talents
Famous people With Autism / Asperger’s
The predentation contains hyperlinks to:
A video which shows what it is like to experience sensory overload.
A short video on autism.
A short video about Schools’ Awareness Week by the National Autistic Society.
A video produced by a young person with autism who talks about five things he thinks it is important that people know about autism and five ways we can help him.
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Autism Awareness – Set of 25 Posters
Autism Awareness: Activity Pack
The pack contains six activities.
Sensory Sensitivity / Overload
This activity begins with watching a short clip about sensory overload. There are two tasks that follow designed for pupils to experience sensory overload when attempting to complete tasks; one is more challenging than the other.
Autism Discussion Cards
These contain 4 statements about autism designed to provoke discussion and to get the pupils to think about and develop their awareness of autism. They are not true or false statements and there are no right or wrong answers.
Communication Difficulties Exercise
This is a task designed to simulate the difficulties that many people with autism encounter when trying to communicate.
What is autism? How Can I Help?
Pupils watch a video about autism in which a young man explains 5 things he thinks people need to know about autism and 5 things people can do to help people with autism. Pupils discuss the five things that the person felt people needed to know about autism and five ways that people can help. Pupils complete a worksheet.
Autism Acrostic
Pupils complete an acrostic piece of writing using the word autism as a stimulus.
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