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768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/a>Some people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may find organising, sequencing and prioritising difficult.<\/p>\n<p id=\"_AieO0TixWrPFqo\" dir=\"ltr\">This is due to deficits in what we call<em> &#8216;cognitive function&#8217;,<\/em> that is, the intellectual process by which we think, reason, understand ideas and remember things.<\/p>\n<p id=\"_jFWJrImCYHF2Iu\" dir=\"ltr\">A person with an ASD may have difficulties with:<\/p>\n<ul id=\"_yg0cgdOLTltD6B\">\n<li id=\"_B7ilBKV94kdxPo\">processing information,<\/li>\n<li id=\"_kSjXbxhsBtEgMi\">predicting the consequences of an action (if I do this, what will happen next?),<\/li>\n<li id=\"_xYwl3uJd0EzHua\">understanding the concept of time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"_75qWc6GOGBGMsu\" dir=\"ltr\">Many of us use certain strategies to help organise our day and prioritise tasks. For example, we might make a list or write things on a calendar.<\/p>\n<p id=\"_RWHP9dqC6thIZ7\" dir=\"ltr\">These strategies are also effective for people with ASD, especially if they&#8217;re used consistently by everyone who may support a person.<\/p>\n<p id=\"_oMVujj4g8UkiI5\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autism.org.uk\/visualsupports\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">Visual supports<\/a> can take the form of:<\/p>\n<ul id=\"_SuxbZ3FpZCpFxr\">\n<li id=\"_1BBQvgDgB7J6u2\">pictures,<\/li>\n<li id=\"_YVu1T3zntbZy8f\">written lists,<\/li>\n<li id=\"_6aWRwgfajuDiPI\">calendars<\/li>\n<li id=\"_HxtXRoCKgBhD7K\">real objects<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"_IQwbYh8xyK1k3B\" dir=\"ltr\">All be good ways of helping people with an ASD to understand what is going to happen, when it should happen.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p id=\"_PmCQKMMJtONgjl\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong><span id=\"ms-rterangecursor-start\"><\/span>Anxiety<\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"_0lsZewwmtcMxqO\" dir=\"ltr\">Many children require knowledge of what is happening next, as the unknown cause\u2019s anxiety.<\/p>\n<p id=\"_pFZMsbFJBgDSVf\" dir=\"ltr\">Even if the pattern\/sequence of an activity never changes, the child is not always able to apply prior knowledge.<\/p>\n<p id=\"_qUm0bZg6GzZ8WJ\" dir=\"ltr\">A timetable\/schedule may be to too much for some children and too many visuals could lead to increased anxiety as they foresee everything that they need to do!<\/p>\n<p id=\"_E428JzOcKg8ikR\" dir=\"ltr\">In these situations, now and next cards can support. This would simply state the current task followed by the next one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may find organising, sequencing and prioritising difficult. This is due to deficits in what we call &#8216;cognitive function&#8217;, that is, the intellectual process by which we think, reason, understand ideas and remember things. A person with an ASD may have difficulties with: processing information, predicting the consequences of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/autismadvisors\/working-with-children-and-young-people\/visual-supports\/visuals\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">VISUALS<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9177,"featured_media":0,"parent":286,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-464","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/autismadvisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/autismadvisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/autismadvisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/autismadvisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9177"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/autismadvisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/autismadvisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":549,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/autismadvisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/464\/revisions\/549"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/autismadvisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/autismadvisors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}