eLearning: What is Autism?
This online course provides an introduction and overview of autism and gives you practical knowledge and information about how you can be more autism friendly in your interactions with Autistic people.
After completing this short course, you will be able to:
- understand what autism is, and the diversity of the Autistic experience
- understand the social model of disability and learn the importance of using strengths-based language
- understand what it means to experience the world as an Autistic person and appreciate the diversity and uniqueness of the Autistic community
- identify practical ways to be more autism friendly in your interactions and behaviours.
The course is a foundational awareness building experience and takes approximately one hour to complete all sections. It is a self-paced program containing written, audio and video content and can be completed from all devices.
Please note, this is not an accredited course, and it cannot be used as proof of court ordered training.
