Related Materials
In other languages and formats
Helplines:
TheNationalAutisticSocietysAutismHelplinehasinterpretationfacilities.Thisenablesthemtoprovideinformationtofamiliesin150languagesoverthe
phone.SomeonehastospeakinEnglishatfirstandgivethelanguagerequired.Thehelplinestaffwillphonethefamilybackwiththeinterpreter.
Telephone:08450704003(MonFriday10am4pm).
TheAdvocacyforEducationServiceprovidesadviceandadvocacyonspecialeducationalneedsprovisionandentitlementforfamiliesofchildrenonthe
autismspectrum.TheycanalsoprovideinterpretationserviceusingsimilarsystemastheNASAutismHelpline.TheAdvocacyforEducationServiceis
offeredbytrainedvolunteers,thereforeamessagewouldhavetobeleftontheanswerphoneandoneofthevolunteerswillcallback.Tel:08450704002
Contactafamilyisanationalorganisationthatprovidesfamilieswhohavechildrenwithdisabilitiesinformationaboutdifferentconditionsandthehelp
theycanget.Theirhelplinealsohasinterpretationservice.Theywilltakethetelephonenumberandpreferredlanguageandthencallbackwithan
interpreter.Tel:0808808355
Audiovisualinformation:
SomeofthedocumentsarewrittenandtranslatedfortheDepartmentofChildren,SchoolsandFamilies(DCSF)andareavailableonlineviaTeachernet
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/wholeschool/sen/parentcarersorfromDCSFPublicationsathttp://publications.dcsf.gov.uk.Surestarthasproduceda
leafletforparentsexplainingaboutfoundationstagewhichhasbeentranslatedandcanbedownloadedfromtheirwebsite
http://www.surestart.gov.uk/publications/?Document=524.NationalAutisticSociety(NAS)translationsarealsoreferredtoherewiththanks.Theseanda
rangeofmaterialstranslatedintootherlanguagesareavailableontheNASwebsiteatthefollowingaddress:
http://www.autism.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=650&a=7546orunderthewebaddressforthelanguageslistedbelow.Contactafamilyhasinformation
thatisusefulforparentswhohavechildrenwithdisabilities,butnotautismspecific,ontheirwebsitewww.cafamily.org.uk/translationsorunderthe
specificlinksforeachlanguage.OneParentFamilieshasproducetwoleafletswhichhavebeentranslatedintosomelanguages.Thesecanberequestedby
contactingthemonTel:08000185026(MonFriday95pm).Earlysupporthaveproducedafamilypackthatexplainsaboutsupportservicesandstatutory
statementingprocesswhichcaneitherbedownloadedfromtheirwebsitewww.earlysupport.orgoraDVDcanbeorderedfromthem.
= Written = Audio format, NAS= The National Autistic Society, DCSF = Department for Children, Schools and Families,
SS= Sure Start, OPF= Open Parent Families, CAF= Contact a Family, ES= Early Support, AET=Autism Education Trust
Language
Arabic
Information
Produced By
Format
National Autistic
Society (NAS)
http://www.autism.org.uk/languages/arabi
c
DCSF
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/docbank/ind
ex.cfm?id=6299
Foundation stage
SS
http://www.surestart.gov.uk/publications/?
Document=524
OPF
Print only -
CAF
not available
online
http://www.cafamily.org.uk/translations/ar
abic.html
CAF
http://www.cafamily.org.uk/translations/ar
abic.html
Bengali and
Sylheti
ES
AET
NAS
http://www.earlysupport.org.uk/decMateri
alsZone/modResourcesLibrary/HtmlRende
rer/Arabic.html
http://www.autismeducationtrust.org.uk/re
achingouttranslations
Bengali info
http://www.autism.org.uk/languages/beng
ali
Sylheti info
http://www.autism.org.uk/languages/sylhe
ti
Bengali and
DCSF
Foundation stage
SS
Bengali
Bengali
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/docbank/ind
ex.cfm?id=5789
http://www.surestart.gov.uk/publications/?
Document=524
CAF
Bengali
http://www.cafamily.org.uk/translations/benga
li.html
Chinese and
Cantonese
Chinese and
Cantonese
Bengali
http://www.earlysupport.org.uk/decMaterialsZ
one/modResourcesLibrary/HtmlRenderer/Beng
ali.html
Bengali
http://www.autismeducationtrust.org.uk/re
achingouttranslations
ES
AET
NAS
http://www.autism.org.uk/languages/chine
se
DCSF
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/docbank/ind
ex.cfm?id=5790
Foundation stage
SS
http://www.surestart.gov.uk/publications/?
Document=524
OPF
Print only -
not available
CAF
http://www.cafamily.org.uk/translations/canto
nese.html
http://www.cafamily.org.uk/translations/chines
e.html
Czech
http://www.earlysupport.org.uk/decMaterialsZ
one/modResourcesLibrary/HtmlRenderer/Chine
se.html
AET
http://www.autismeducationtrust.org.uk/re
achingouttranslations
NAS
http://www.autism.org.uk/languages/czech
NAS
http://www.autism.org.uk/languages/farsi
ES
Cantonese
http://www.cafamily.org.uk/translations/farsi.h
tml
NAS
http://www.autism.org.uk/languages/frenc
h
ES
North African
http://www.earlysupport.org.uk/decMateri
alsZone/modResourcesLibrary/HtmlRende
rer/French,%20North%20African.html
AET
http://www.autismeducationtrust.org.uk/re
achingouttranslations
German
NAS
http://www.autism.org.uk/languages/germ
an
Greek
NAS
http://www.autism.org.uk/languages/greek
DCSF
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/docbank/ind
ex.cfm?id=5792
Foundation stage
SS
http://www.surestart.gov.uk/publications/?
Document=524
NAS
http://www.autism.org.uk/languages/gujar
ati
Farsi
French
Greek
Gujarati
French
NAS
http://www.autism.org.uk/languages/gujar
ati
DCSF
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/docbank/ind
ex.cfm?id=5791
Foundation stage
SS
http://www.surestart.gov.uk/publications/?
Document=524
OPF
Print only -
CAF
http://www.cafamily.org.uk/translations/
gujarati.html
ES
http://www.earlysupport.org.uk/decMater
ialsZone/modResourcesLibrary/HtmlRend
erer/Gujarati.html
NAS
not available
online
Hindi
http://www.autism.org.uk/languages/hindi
DCSF
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/docbank/ind
ex.cfm?id=5788
Foundation stage
SS
http://www.surestart.gov.uk/publications/?
Document=524
Italian
NAS
http://www.autism.org.uk/languages/italia
n
Kurdish
NAS
in Sorani
http://www.autism.org.uk/languages/kurdi
sh
DCSF
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/docbank/ind
ex.cfm?id=6383
What is autism?
NAS
http://www.autism.org.uk/languages/latvia
n
NAS
http://www.autism.org.uk/languages/polis
h
ES
http://www.earlysupport.org.uk/decMateri
alsZone/modResourcesLibrary/HtmlRende
rer/Polish.html
Latvian
Portuguese
AET
http://www.autismeducationtrust.org.uk/re
achingouttranslations
NAS
http://www.autism.org.uk/languages/portu
guese
DCSF
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/docbank/ind
ex.cfm?id=10595
NAS
http://www.autism.org.uk/languages/punja
bi
Punjabi
information is in
Gurumukhi script
http://www.autism.org.uk/languages/mirpu
ri
Mirpuri is
Punjabi and
Mirpuri
Punjabi and
Mirpuri
DCSF
Foundation stage
SS
Punjabi
http://www.surestart.gov.uk/publications/?
Document=524
CAF
Punjabi
http://www.cafamily.org.uk/translations/
punjabi.html
http://www.earlysupport.org.uk/decMater
ialsZone/modResourcesLibrary/HtmlRend
erer/Punjabi.html
Punjabi
http://www.autismeducationtrust.org.uk/re
achingouttranslations
ES
AET
Russian
NAS
http://www.autism.org.uk/languages/russi
an
Somali
NAS
Somali
http://www.autism.org.uk/languages/soma
li
DCSF
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/docbank/ind
ex.cfm?id=6384
Foundation stage
SS
http://www.surestart.gov.uk/publications/?
Document=524
OPF
Print only -
not available
online
http://www.cafamily.org.uk/translations/
somali.html
ES
http://www.earlysupport.org.uk/decMater
ialsZone/modResourcesLibrary/HtmlRend
erer/Somali.html
AET
http://www.autismeducationtrust.org.uk/re
achingouttranslations
NAS
http://www.autism.org.uk/languages/spani
sh
DCSF
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/docbank/ind
ex.cfm?id=10594
NAS
http://www.autism.org.uk/languages/tamil
ES
http://www.earlysupport.org.uk/decMateri
alsZone/modResourcesLibrary/HtmlRende
rer/Tamil.html
AET
http://www.autismeducationtrust.org.uk/re
achingouttranslations
Spanish
Spanish
Tamil
NAS
http://www.autism.org.uk/languages/tigrin
ya
Turkish
NAS
http://www.autism.org.uk/languages/turkis
h
DCSF
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/docbank/ind
ex.cfm?id=5787
Foundation stage
SS
http://www.surestart.gov.uk/publications/?
Document=524
CAF
http://www.cafamily.org.uk/translations/
turkish.html
NAS
DCSF
Print only -
Turkish
Urdu
not available
http://www.autism.org.uk/languages/urdu
Print only -
OPF
Foundation stage
SS
http://www.surestart.gov.uk/publications/?
Document=524
CAF
http://www.cafamily.org.uk/translations/
urdu.html
ES
http://www.earlysupport.org.uk/decMater
ialsZone/modResourcesLibrary/HtmlRend
erer/Urdu.html
AET
http://www.autismeducationtrust.org.uk/re
achingouttranslations
Foundation stage
SS
http://www.surestart.gov.uk/publications/?
Document=524
not available
online
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