LINKS
This page has a collection of the links that I have found to be the most useful - I hope you will find them helpful too!
CONTACT: apd.support.uk@aol.co.uk
DISABILITY SUPPORT
Contact a family - support for families with children with all kinds of disabilities DISABILITY BENEFITS
DWP - Disability benefits
for you and your child - which you are entitled to, depending on the
severity in your case/your child's, as APD is recognised in the UK as a
disabilityCAB - Challenging a benefit decision
OTHER INVISIBLE DISABILITIES (Which might co-exist with APD)
SOME UNRELATED CONDITIONS (Which might co-exist with APD)
Visual and Auditory Processing Disorder
Sensory Processing Disorder Symptoms
Sensory Integration Network UK and Ireland
Collected links about APD and Visual Processing deficits as a cause of Dyslexia
Exam Access Arrangements for Children with Dyslexia
Developmental Co-ordination Disorder/DCD (formerly Dyspraxia)
Executive Function Problems - how to help
(Examples of how executive functioning problems can affect daily life can be seen in the image below)
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EDUCATION
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities/SEND - advice for parents and carers
Asking for a Statutory Assessment - a practical guide to parents' legal rights
Special Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice 2014
Citizens Advice Bureau/ CAB - problems at school
EHC Plan - DWP advice
IEP links and other information - UK-wide (not just aplicable to autism)
HOME EDUCATION
BBC Learning- free resourcesSense-Lang - free online touch-typing program, suitable for children
DUAL EXCEPTIONALITIES (Gifted with Learning Difficulties )
Article - 'I Think in Pictures, You teach in words - The Gifted Visual Spatial Learner' by Lesley Sword
'Dual/2e' - definition and additional links
LINKS SPECIFIC TO WALES - CYSYLLTIADAU BENODOL I GYMRU
Special Educational Needs Tribunal for Walesadvicenow - Finding an SEN-friendly school
IEPs in Wales - (not just applicable to autism)
BOOKS, ARTICLES & PUBLICATIONS
On a variety of themes linked to disability, additional needs, mental health etc.
'How children learn to read''Atypical sense of self in Autism Spectrum Disorders'
CONTACT ME
More links will be added as I come across them; please visit again.
Alyson Mountjoy APD.Support.UK@aol.co.uk