Many children with autism spectrum disorder have difficulties learning and understanding social skills and interactions.
For many parents of children with autism spectrum disorder the challenges of trying to teach their autistic child the unspoken rules of social behavior can be a struggle.
Typically developing children naturally learn social skills from their environment, family and peers. However for children with autism spectrum disorder this natural ability is missing. Therefore parents of children with autism need to teach social skills directly to their autistic child.
Many parents of children with autism spectrum use strategies for teaching social skills to autistic children such as autism social skills stories.
An autism social story is written following a specific formula, created almost twenty years ago by therapist Carol Gray to help teach social and communication skills to children with autism and related disorders.
