Useful Links

There are many organisations that can provide useful information about autism.

Website Links:

Information about Autism

National Autistic Society: https://www.autism.org.uk/

Autistica: https://www.autistica.org.uk/

Ambitious About Autism: https://www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/

A comic strip by Rebecca Burgess to help people understand the autism diagnosis: https://the-art-of-autism.com/understanding-the-spectrum-a-comic-strip-explanation/

The Curly Hair Project: https://thegirlwiththecurlyhair.co.uk/

Information leaflet on girls and autism: http://www.nasen.org.uk/resources/resources.girls-and-autism-flying-under-the-radar.html

Amazing things happen - A simple Youtube video explaining how people with autism may experience the world differently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JdCY-cdgkI

Ella, along with two of her daughters, are all on the autism spectrum, receiving their diagnoses in 2015 and 2016 https://www.purpleella.com/

Information about associated conditions

Association For All Speech Impaired Children (AFASIC): www.afasic.org.uk

British Dyslexia Association: https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/

British Epilepsy Association: www.epilepsy.org.uk

British Institute of Learning disabilities: www.bild.org.uk

Dyspraxia Foundation: www.dyspraxiafoundation.org.uk

ICAN (helping children communicate): www.ican.org.uk

MENCAP (understanding learning difficulty): www.mencap.org.uk

OCD action: https://ocdaction.org.uk

OCD-UK: https://www.ocduk.org/

Selective Mutism Information and Research Association (SMIRA): http://www.selectivemutism.org.uk/ at the bottom of 'information about associated conditions'

Approaches used at Grange Park School

The SCERTS Model: http://scerts.com/

The Zones of Regulation: http://www.zonesofregulation.com/index.html

Interoception: kelly-mahler.com/resources/videos/interoception-the-new-topic-in-autism/

Legislation relating to Special Education Needs

Department of Health and Social Care: www.dh.gov.uk

SEND Code of Practice: https://www.gov.uk/topic/schools-colleges-childrens-services/special-educational-needs-disabilities

Mental health and wellbeing

Mental Health Foundation https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/

Kent Resilience Hub: https://kentresiliencehub.org.uk/parent-carers/

MindEd, e-learning to support healthy minds: www.minded.org.uk

Online safety