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Autism Speaks: 100 Day Kit for Young Children
Overview
This link will take you to a page where you can download a free toolkit explaining what parents need to begin learning about after their child's diagnosis of autism.
The Autism Speaks 100 Day Kit is a tool designed to help assist families of children recently diagnosed with autism during the critical period following an autism diagnosis. The kit includes basic information about autism and its symptoms, tips for dealing with a child’ s diagnosis, information about therapies and treatments, forms to help parents get organized, a comprehensive list of resources and more.
The Tool Kit is divided into the following sections:
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- What is Autism?
- Core Signals and Symptoms
- Understanding your child’s behavior
- Responding to the Diagnosis
- Getting Help
- Living with autism
- A Week-by-week plan for the next 100 days
- Glossary
This resource created by Autism Speaks