Autism
is a lifelong developmental disability that affects how a person communicates
with, and relates to, other people. It can also affect how they see and
experience the world around them. It is thought that 1 in 100 people are
afflicted with this condition with around 700,000 sufferers in the UK alone. It’s
a spectrum condition which means each sufferer is affected differently by
Autism. Whereas some can lead relatively normal independent lives, other
struggle with accompanying learning disabilities and need the constant help and
support of others.
People
with Autism struggle with verbal and non-verbal communication, which can make
social situations very difficult. They can often find it challenging to
understand facial expressions, tone of voice, jokes, common phrases and
colloquial phrases. They can also find it difficult to understand other
people’s emotions. This can cause a lot of distress as they may appear
insensitive because they haven’t recognised how someone is feeling, or stray
too close to inappropriate subjects. Maybe they will stand too close to
someone, not understanding the unwritten rule about personal space, or react
oddly to questions asked of them. This behaviour may come across as strange,
and this may cause people to react badly to sufferers.
Some
autism sufferers don’t like to interact with others at all, much preferring
their own company. This can make the necessary task of interaction, that much
more of a challenge. The inability to cope in new or unfamiliar situations,
make it very difficult for everyone involved.
Templates
for PowerPoint have been designed to
help you explain social situations to autistic sufferers, particularly
children. Personalised stories have been created in PowerPoint by the charity
Autism Speaks and the University of Washington Autism Centre. These Autism PowerPoint Templates may
be customised by parents, therapists or anyone involved in the autistic child’s
care to help explain the lessons in a fun, interactive and easy to understand
method. These templates include Play
Dates, Talking To Others and Keeping Clean, just to name a few.
There
are also PowerPoint templates for parents, in which they can customise the Autism
PowerPoint Templates to help them remember
all the necessary information and phone numbers, appointments and medication,
especially in the first few months of diagnosis.
The
Templates for PowerPoint are fully
editable, which means you can make major or minor adjustments with colours,
fonts and themes, without undergoing any major hassle. With high quality
graphical features like images, videos, charts and graphs, you can also create
slides which are visually suitable for your child’s personal needs. These
templates are a powerful tool for communication and are really helpful to
anyone who is or wants to get attached to the topic. What better way to help
your child adjust to the complicate world that they live in, than using PowerPoint templates
designed to make their lives, and that of everyone around them, that bit
easier.
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