What type of careers are available to work with Autistic Children?

Since Autism is growing, I've heard the career opportunities for caring people are increasing as well. What would they be?

There are a number of career paths you could take if you are interested in working with children with Autism. 1. You could go into research. There are a number of studies looking at, for example, response to treatment, changes in language over time, learning style, or inheritence rate to name a few. 2. Become a special education teacher 3. Become a behavioral specialist. Children with autism are often taught with a very specific learning program called ABA, which is Applied Behavior Analysis. 4. Become a speech therapist to improve a child's communication skills and play skills 5. Become an occupational therapsit to help the children learn better self help skills, overcome sensory problems, improve fine motor skills and increase variety of play 6. Become a psychologist to perform early diagnostic evaluations

My partner works with people with autism and other intellectual disabilities as a disability support worker for Yooralla and MSSA in australia. If your not in Australia maybe look up these organisations and see what they offer for more ideas in your country. Hope this helps

www.yooralla.com.au

Many school districts in the US have resource staff that work directly with a few students to fulfill their needs. If you're in the US you can ask your local school district about positions working in Resource. Good Luck!

autism cases aren't increasing it's more of a case that the diagnostic criteria is being opened up and things like dyspraxia are now being classed as autism.

There are loads of career opportunities to work with autistic children. these include working as an lsa/ta/helper in school, as a respite carer, as an occupational therapist, as a psychologist, there are so many careers, just choose the best one for you

Sure there are always plenty of jobs to change diapers. Get your resume updated.