Autism

Oliver McGowan - Online Training 

Step 1 - Register for an account  [external link]. Scroll down and click register for an account.

Step 2 - You will receive your log in details via email. Follow the instructions in the email to validate your password

Step 3 - Log in here [external link] using your username and password and follow the onscreen instructions.

Step 4 - Click here [external link] to then enrol onto the training.

Step 5 - Complete the training 

It should take around one hour and thirty minutes to complete

The e-learning session covers:

• Section 1 - Introduction
• Section 2 - Understanding learning disability
• Section 3 - Understanding autism
• Section 4 - Communication
• Section 5 - Reasonable adjustments
• Section 6 - Summary 

To log in at any other time please go to https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk and click the 'Log in' button.

Zero Suicide Alliance 

Co-produced with people from the autistic community - complete the training [external link]

Daisy Chain

Daisy Chain support and empower autistic and neuro-divergent individuals.

Daisy Chain Project [external link]

The Little Black Duck

#The Little Black Duck has a range of free resources for you to help explain and understand autism from a strengths-focused, neurodiversity perspective. 

The Little Black Duck [external link]

Useful links

• World autism acceptance week [external link]
• Raise peer awareness in 2024 [external link]

Facebook Groups

• Darlington parent carer forum [external link]
• Darlington national autistic society [external link]