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Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
This online course explored autism, including diagnosis, the autistic spectrum, and life with autism. The course was presented in the context of addressing the 'big question': what do we understand about autistic people?
4 weeks, 3 hours per week
Dr Jill Bradshaw
Senior Lecturer in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
The University of Kent
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Investigate autistic differences
- Identify differences in social communication skills and understand why these differences occur
- Summarise knowledge of sensory experiences and repetitive behaviours
- Explain why many autistic people have co-occurring conditions
- Identify the strengths and difficulties experienced by autistic people
- Explore and discuss lived experiences of autistic people
Syllabus
- What is autism
- Social communication skills
- Sensory sensitivities and repetitive behaviours
- Co-occurring conditions
- Strengths and challenges of autistic people
- Lived experiences of autistic people
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Issued on 4th July 2022
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