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Drama & Autistic Children

August 2nd, 2011, by

Before I start, I’d like to say that I’m not an expert in autism by any means. However, over the past 15 years, I have taught a great many children on the Autism Spectrum so I have seen firsthand how autistic children can benefit from the kind of games and exercises we do at Perform.

My first experience of working with a child with autism did not go smoothly – largely because the parents hadn’t told me  he was autistic (something which is more common that you might expect).  They desperately wanted him to do drama but were worried that I would not want to have him in the class after he had been judged as too disruptive by several other schools. Read more »

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