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Autism and school: getting school right for your child

A practical Australian guide to working with schools on accommodations, communication, and managing transitions for autistic students through primary and secondary years.

Raising Children Network (Australia)

Treatment and intervention for autism

CDC's overview of intervention approaches — behavioural, developmental, educational, and medical — with notes on what the evidence base looks like for each and how to choose what fits a child.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Stimming — a guide for parents and carers

The UK National Autistic Society's explainer on stimming written for families — what it is, why autistic people stim, and how to respond. Written with input from autistic adults.

National Autistic Society (UK)

Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's overview of AAC — what it is, who it helps, and the range of approaches from low-tech picture systems to dedicated speech-generating devices.

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

What I've learned from my autistic brothers — Faith Jegede Cole

TED — Faith Jegede Cole

Confronting autism: igniting every child's potential — Kim Moore

TEDx — Kim Moore

How children and adults build core capabilities for life

Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University

Autism

A lifelong way of experiencing the world — autistic people typically communicate, learn, and process sensory information differently from non-autistic people. Autism is a spectrum, which means no two autistic people are the same. It is not an illness and not something that needs curing.

Caregiver burnout

The exhaustion that builds up from the constant emotional, physical, and mental load of caregiving — especially without support. Burnout is not a failure; it is a sign the system around the caregiver needs more padding. Rest, peer support, and asking for help are protective.

Early intervention

Therapies and supports started in the early years (typically before age three) — speech, occupational, play-based work. The evidence is that supportive, neurodiversity-affirming early intervention can make a meaningful difference; the right form depends on the child.

IEP (Individualised Education Plan)

A written plan agreed between a school and a family that sets out the supports, goals, and accommodations for a child who needs them. Names differ by country (in Malaysia, similar plans exist in some inclusive-education settings).