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Autism: Common Strengths & Challenges


















              Strengths                               Challenges
                                                                                                                          Autism: Prevalence up to 1.5%


              Memory ability and                      Time Management                                                                 of the population
              other ‘specialist
              individual skills’                      Concentration and

              including reading,                      coping with more than
              drawing, music and                      one task

              computation
                                                      Social and
              Innovative thinking and                 communication

              detailed observation                    difficulties



                                                      A need for routines
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