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By: Francesca Lombardo, Jemma Marshall, Stephanie Nussbaum, Marie-Laurence Pare, Waka Hayakawa, Stephanie Cabral, Kimberly Edwards

Established in 1977 after the US Public Law 94-142 was passed, which called for inclusion Uses puppets to create an at ease environment where students can listen and ask questions they may otherwise be afraid to ask Teaches children in elementary schools about people with varying physical and mental disabilities along with other prevalent behaviors and diseases

How do individuals with autism differ?


Number/type of symptoms Severity Age of onset Levels of functioning Challenges with social interactions

What are the different types of disorders under the spectrum?

http://autismcanada.org/aboutautism/diagnoses.html

http://www.autism.org.uk/living-with-autism/understandingbehaviour/behaviour-guidelines.aspx http://www.autismspeaks.org/what-autism/symptoms http://www.webjam.com/autism_and_obsessive_behavior http://www.iancommunity.org/cs/articles/prob_behav http://autism.lovetoknow.com/Repetitive_Behavior_in_Autism

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