Teachers Toolkit

General Information

The Autism Toolbox is a resource to support the inclusion of children and young people with autism spectrum disorder in mainstream education services. It introduces and describes some of the more common challenges a pupil with autism might face and provides real-life case studies from schools.

Autism & Safety Facts

Critical Information

Drowning is among the leading causes of death of individuals with autism.Danish researchers found that the mortality risk among the autism population is twice as high as the general population.A California research team found elevated deaths in autism and attributed it to several causes, including seizures and accidents such as suffocation and drowning.

Wandering

Always Guide & Assist

Roughly half, or 48%, of children with an ASD attempt to elope from a safe environment, a rate nearly four times higher than their unaffected siblings,In 2009, 2010, and 2011, accidental drowning accounted for 91% total U.S. deaths reported in children with an ASD ages 14 and younger subsequent to wandering/elopement.