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Autism

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Digitising Social Care Glossary, v0.0.3

Digitising Social Care

Autistic people may act in a different way to other people. Autistic people may:
-find it hard to communicate and interact with other people
-find it hard to understand how other people think or feel
-find things like bright lights or loud noises overwhelming, stressful or uncomfortable
-get anxious or upset about unfamiliar situations and social events
-take longer to understand information
-do or think the same things over and over

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