Chapters
- Diagnosis
- How to get a diagnosis
- Co-Morbid Diagnosis
- Should You Tell Your Child about Their Diagnosis?
- Causes of Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Traits
- How might you react to this new diagnosis
- Available Support – Get Your Team Together
- Treatments & Therapies
- Early Intervention
- Dare to Dream – The Age 25 Exercise
- Carer Support
- Taking care of yourself
- Financial Assistance Available
- Behaviour Management
- Safety Tips
- Famous People with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Acknowledgements
Autism NT would like to sincerely thank and acknowledge:
- Northern Territory Department of Health for providing the funding to produce this document for our members.
- AMAZE for their generosity in sharing their vast resources.
- Raising Children for kindly allowing us to source information on diagnosis and therapies from their website.
- Debby Mauger and team for all the hours preparing this book.