Autism
These patient booklets explains the recommendations in the SIGN clinical guideline.
The clinical guideline is based on what we know from current medical research. It also gives advice based on the opinion of healthcare professionals who are trained on how best to manage your care.
Adults
This booklet is for adults who:
- may have autism or
- have already been diagnosed with autism
Parents, carers and families
This booklet is for parents, carers and families of children and young people up to the age of 18 who:
- have already been diagnosed with autism or
- may be going through diagnosis.
Young people
This booklet is for young people of high-school age who:
- may have autism or
- have already been diagnosed with autism
If you would like to order copies of the patient booklet, please email sign@sign.ac.uk
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Guideline
- Patient booklet adults (PDF)
- Patient booklet adults large print (PDF)
- Patient booklet adults consultation report (PDF)
- British Sign Language video for parents and carers (Youtube)
- Patient booklet parents and carers (PDF)
- Patient booklet parents and carers. Chinese translation (PDF)
- Patient booklet parents and carers. Polish translation (PDF)
- Patient booklet parents and carers. Arabic translation (PDF)
- Patient booklet parents and carers. Urdu translation (PDF)
- Patient booklet parents and carers Farsi translation (PDF)
- Patient booklet parents and carers large print (PDF)
- Patient booklet parents and carers User testing and feedback (PDF)
- Patient booklet parents and carers Consultation report (PDF)
- Patient booklet young people (PDF)
- Patient booklet young people large print (PDF)
- Copyright permission (PDF)