Disability Resource Centre (DRC)
Asperger Syndrome
Asperger Syndrome is a mild form of autism. People with this condition have poor social skills, including conversation, eye contact and body language. Skill factsheet suggests the following provision:
- Pastoral support
- A dedicated support worker
- Awareness training for staff
- Specialist tuition support, e.g. language skills, structuring work
- Materials in literal language
- Extra time immediately after group sessions to check that they have been understood
- Alternatives to group working as a way of completing team work
- To have the same information conveyed in more than one way, e.g. verbally and in writing
- Time to get accustomed to the campus or site