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        • The Sinneave Family Foundation and Autism Speaks Canada Partner With Organizations Across Canada to Improve Employment Futures for Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder
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        • Dear new teacher: Please give my kid a chance
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        • Dear Teachers of The Little Ones with Special Needs
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        • 12 ways to beat the heat this summer
        • Is there research on the use of cannabis products with children with autism?
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        • Do You Know That Your Resolution Has Made My Day?
        • My Experience Helping My Grandchild
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        • Reflections on Autism's Rise
        • Meeting the Basic Needs of Teenage Students with Autism, Brain Injuries and FASD: How One Classroom Team Uses the "HALT" Strategy to Increases Staff's Empathy and Ability to Support Students
        • Does Motherhood+ Autism Son= Unhappiness
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Learn More About Autism

The following information is not meant to diagnose or treat and should not take the place of personal consultation, as appropriate, with a qualified healthcare professional.

Have you or your child been diagnosed with autism? Autism Speaks designed the following tool kits to guide individuals and families through the next steps:

100 Day Kit for Families of Newly Diagnosed Young Children

100 Day Kit for Families of Newly Diagnosed School Age Children

Is It Autism and If So, What Next? A Guide for Adults

Learn more about these guides and download them free of charge by following the title links.

In the following sections, we’ll discuss:

  • What causes autism?
  • Autism therapies and supports
  • Associated medical and behavioural conditions
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