Understand more about autism, including diagnosis, the autistic spectrum and life with autism, with a free online course produced by Tizard Centre in partnership with FutureLearn.
First identified over 70 years ago, autism is a lifelong developmental disability affecting how a person communicates with and relates to others, and how they make sense of the world. It is a spectrum condition; all people on the spectrum share certain difficulties, but their condition affects them in different ways.
The online course explores questions such as: what is autism? It also covers topics such as social communication skills, sensory sensitivities and repetitive behaviours, co-occurring conditions, strengths and difficulties of people on the autism spectrum and lived experiences of people on the autism spectrum.
Dr Jill Bradshaw, Tizard Centre is the academic lead on this online course. With starting dates throughout the year, please book your free place online.