a guide with words and pictures - contact a family · strong points so i will feel good about...
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A guide with words and pictures
Autism Resources Coordination HubARCH
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• ThisleafletisformeasIamunder12yearsoldandhavebeentoldeitherrecentlyoralittlewhileagothatIhaveautism.
• Thisisanimportantleafletwhichisintendedtohelpmefeellessaloneorconfusedduringthistimeinmylife.
• Autismisadifferentwayoflookingatandunderstandingmyworld.ItwillbepartofwhoIamforever.
• Icanchoosetoreadthisleafletonmyown,orasksomeoneItrusttoreaditwithme;likemyparents,ateacherorcarers.Imightwanttoaskthemquestionsafterreadingit,whichisOK.
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How this leaflet is organised:• Thisleafletwillhelpmelookatmytalents–thethingsI’mgoodat.
• Itwillhelpmelookatmynot-so-strongpoints;thethingsImightfindmoredifficult.
• Itwillhelpmelookatsomethingsthatmakemethesameasotherchildren.
• Itwillalsolookatthethingsthatmightmakemedifferentfromotherchildrenwhodonothaveautism,oradifferentkindofautismfromme.
• There’sasectionattheendwhereIcanwritedownwhatI’velearned,andsomeotherplacesIcangetmoreinformationaboutmyautism.
Abilities - My talents and not-so strong points• Everybodyhasbothtalentsandnot-so-strongpoints.
• Allpeoplearegoodatsomethings,butnotsogoodatotherthings...
• Mytalentsandnot-so-strongpointstogetherformmyabilities...
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Taken together my talents and not so strong points create my autism!
• AsachildwithautismIcannotstophavingautism.• Iwillhaveautismforever...
So...it’s just one of the differences we all have!
As a child with autism I can have lots of talents! Tick each box if this is one of your talents. Ihaveadifferentwayofthinkingandthiscanbeabenefit...
Some of these benefits are:
Icanbegoodatseeingthedetailinthings.
Icanhaveagoodmemory.
Icanbegoodwithnumbers,music,art,placesandfacts...especiallyifIhaveaspecialinterestinthem.
Icanhaveareallygreatvisualmemory,andrememberthingsinpicturesinmyhead.
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Some things can be more difficult when I have autism: Tick each box if this is one of your challenges.
Imightfindithardtostayfocusedandstayontaskwithmyworkatschool...
Sometimes,people,placesandsituationscanbecometoomuchformeandImightsometimesbehaveinwaysIhavenocontrolover.Somepeoplecallthisbehavioura‘meltdown’...
Imightfindithardtomakeandkeepfriends.
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Imayprefertoplayonmyown...
Imighthavetroublefallingasleeporstayingasleepatnight.
Imightbesensitivetobeingtouched,ortoloudnoises,smellsandeventhetasteorfeelingofsomefoodsinmymouth...
Or...Imightlikeclosercontactfrommyparentsorothercarers.
Dailychores;likegettingdressedforschool,brushingmyteethandhairorgoingtothetoiletmightmakemefeelstressed...
Imightmakemyselffeelbetterbymovinginthesamewayalot,orrepeatingthesamewordsorsentences...
ImightfindithardtostopdoingsomethingIaminterestedin,especiallywhenmovingontodosomethingelse–likegettingreadyforbed...
SometimesImighttakealittlelongertounderstandwhatI’mbeingtoldbyothers.
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My Outside and my Inside...As a child with autism I have an outside...
• Everybodyhasanoutside..
• Theoutsideiswhatyoucansee...
• It’scalledyourappearance...• Somepartsofmyoutsidearesimilartootherchildren...
• Butalotofmyappearanceisdifferentfromotherchildren.
• Somechildrenhaveblueeyes,othershavebrown.Somehavebrownhairandothershaveredhair.Myoutsideisuniquetome,likeotherchildren’soutsideisuniquetothem.
• ThefactisI’m unique!
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My inside...
• Childrennotonlyhaveanoutsidebutalsoaninside...
• Partsofmyinsidecanalsobethesameas,ordifferentfromtheinsideofotherchildren.
• Myinsidemakesupmyinsidefeatures.
My Inside is...• Mybones,teethandorganslikemyheartandlungs.
• Myinterestsandabilities;thethingsIliketodo...
• Mynature,whichishowIgetonwithotherpeople...
• Myknowledge,whicharethethingsIknowalotabout.
• MyskillsarethethingsIcandowell.
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The fact that I have autism means I am not alone...!Autism is different for each child. There is not just one kind of autism... Therearelotsofchildrenwithautism...Forevery100childreninmyschool...thereisatleast1childlikemewithautism,butusuallymorethanthat...
ThismeanstherearelotsofschoolagedchildrenwithautismintheareaIliveinwhichiscalledSouthLanarkshire...
I can learn to cope with my autismTherearelotsofchildrenandadultswithautismwhohavelearnedlotsofgreatwaystomanagetheirtalentsandnot-so-goodpointsandfeelgoodaboutthemselves!
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Who can help me manage my autism?EveryonewhooffersmesupportshouldknowaboutautismandbeabletohelpmedolotsofthethingsIwantto.ThisincludeshelpingmewithmyabilitiesandmynotsostrongpointssoIwillfeelgoodaboutmyselftoo!
Somepeoplewhocanhelpmeare;myparents,myotherfamilymemberslikemybrothersorsisters,ormyclassteacher.
Here are some of the things I marked which described my autism talents and challenges that I’d like to remember or find out more about.
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Here are some other helpful things which can help me understand more about my autism... (I might need to ask my parents to help find some of these.)
• Agreatappformyphone!...Kloog 2isanalienwhoneedsmyhelptounderstandsomeoftherulesonearth.Thiscanhelpmelearnsomeofthesocialskillsalongwithhimonhismission-
www.kloogsocialskills.com/kloog2.html
• ThesebooksbyAlis RowefromThe Girl With Curly Hair projectarereallygoodtohelpboysandgirlswithautismunderstandtheircondition.Mightbewortharead!www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2/258-6192638-3355450?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=alis+rowe
• TherearesomegreatappsfortheiPhoneoriPadandthisisalinktoseewhat’savailabletohelpmelearnmoreabouthowtomanagemyautism:
iPad apps for students with autism – 2016 www.callscotland.org.uk
• Wefoundsomeusefulwebsitesifyouenter‘the 30 best children’s books about autism’–Theyareforawiderangeofagesfrom3upwards.
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• Thisisanotherbookletwhichcanhelpmeunderstandmoreaboutmyautism:www.sign.ac.uk/assets/pat145_young_people-large-print.pdf
• YouTube canbeagreatplacetolookatthingsonewelikeis‘everydaytspeech’ whichhasseveralsocialstoriestohelpyoulookatthingslikemakingfriends,buttherearelotsofothersyoumightwanttoexplorewithyourparentsorcarers:www.everydayspeech.com/
• ContactARCH onphonenumber0344 225 1111,andwe’llhaveachattoyouoryourparentcareraboutwhatwehavegoingonhereforautisticchildren.