National Autism Awareness Week

March 29, 2019

National Autism Awareness Week starts on Monday 1 April.

The awareness week aims to increase the understanding of people with autism spectrum disorder throughout the world.

Our children’s therapies service work with families to support young people with autism ensuring they reach their fullest potential. As well as supporting reasonable adaptations that everyone can make to support the child with autism, we are also driven to raise awareness of the many facets of autism and work towards breaking the stigma that some families may feel when they have a child with autism.

The team have an established diagnostic pathway with which we work with our colleagues in health (often paediatricians or CAHMS) education (school and inclusion support) and the child/ family. They’re a multidisciplinary team comprised of occupational therapists, physiotherapists and speech and language therapists.

To celebrate Autism Awareness Week the team will be sharing lots of useful content across their social media platforms regarding autism, including myth busting.

So be sure to follow them on Twitter @SandwellSPOT for updates through the week on all things autism.