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• Welcome to Autism Awareness Centre Inc.

  Autism Awareness Centre is a Health on the Net Accredited site that strives to offer the best list of resources for understanding autism and ASD in Canada, the UK and beyond.

• Social-Emotional Learning and Autism - Autism Awareness

  Social-emotional learning (SEL) is the process of developing and using social and emotional skills. SEL skills are necessary to understand and manage emotions, set goals, make decisions, cooperate, re...

• Supporting Autistic Students in the Classroom - Autism Awareness

  Teaching an autistic child can be both rewarding and challenging at times. If this is your first time teaching an autistic person, it can feel overwhelming figuring out what to do or how to best suppo...

• An Introduction to Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) - Autism Awareness

  Pathological Demand Avoidance of PDA is becoming more widely recognized as a distinct profile of autism. British psychologist Elizabeth Newson came up with this term which describes an anxiety-driven ...

• Calming Strategies to Support an Autistic Person - Autism Awareness

  It’s been several months now since the world was turned upside down due to COVID-19. Life has changed a great deal with social distancing, hand sanitizing, new rules in public places, and constant, un...

• What is Trauma? A Simple Guide - Autism Awareness

  This article was written by Aylish McFarlane, Studio 3 Assistant Psychologist. It was reprinted with permission from Studio 3 UK. ‘Trauma-informed practice’ is a phrase we hear more and more in our wo...