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This guide can help if you or someone you care about is autistic or might be autistic.

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<p class='nhsuk-lede-text'>This guide can help if you or someone you care about is autistic or might be autistic.</p>

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                        <a class="nhsuk-card__link" href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/autism/what-is-autism/">What is autism?</a>
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                    <div class="nhsuk-card__description"><p>An introduction to what autism is and how it affects people</p></div>
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                        <a class="nhsuk-card__link" href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/autism/signs/">Signs of autism</a>
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                    <div class="nhsuk-card__description"><p>Find out what the main signs of autism are and if you should get advice</p></div>
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                        <a class="nhsuk-card__link" href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/autism/getting-diagnosed/">Getting diagnosed</a>
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                    <div class="nhsuk-card__description"><p>Find out how to get diagnosed as autistic and how a diagnosis can be helpful</p></div>
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                        <a class="nhsuk-card__link" href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/autism/newly-diagnosed/">Newly diagnosed: things to help</a>
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                    <div class="nhsuk-card__description"><p>Information and advice if you or your child have recently been diagnosed as autistic</p></div>
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                        <a class="nhsuk-card__link" href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/autism/autism-and-everyday-life/">Autism and everyday life</a>
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                    <div class="nhsuk-card__description"><p>Information and advice if you care for an autistic child</p></div>
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                        <a class="nhsuk-card__link" href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/autism/other-conditions/">Other conditions that affect autistic people</a>
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                    <div class="nhsuk-card__description"><p>Find out which conditions often affect autistic people, what the symptoms are and when to get help</p></div>
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                        <a class="nhsuk-card__link" href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/autism/support/">Where to get support</a>
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                    <div class="nhsuk-card__description"><p>Find out where to get support if you or your child are autistic, such as charities and your council</p></div>
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                        <a class="nhsuk-card__link" href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/autism/easy-read-and-videos/">Easy read information and videos</a>
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                    <div class="nhsuk-card__description"><p>Information about autism in an easy read format or video if you have a learning disability</p></div>
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