Anti-bullying program helps empower bystanders

Can you imagine what your life would be like if you had no friends? Friends play an important role in every stage of our lives. The support of friends is crucial to our development. Yet, for children with autism, acquiring friends is a challenge.

Autistic children often do not recognize the need for friends or possess the social skills necessary to acquire friends.

Individuals on the autism scale don’t make consistent eye contact, use few facial expressions, aren’t able to “read” the nonverbal cues of others and interpret conversation literally. They are often confused by humor, sarcasm, idioms and other non-concrete conversation.

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