Every child with an autism spectrum condition has specific needs
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Every child with an autism spectrum condition has specific needs

Tricia Scott Consultant editor of Emergency Nurse

Autism is a lifelong developmental disability that affects perceptions of the world and interactions with other people. About 700,000 people, or one in 100, live with an autism spectrum condition (ASC) in the UK and there is greater prevalence among males.

Emergency Nurse. 25, 4, 5-5. doi: 10.7748/en.25.4.5.s1

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