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Play Improves Social Skills In Kids With Autism: Study

By Whyte smh.com.au is.gd/bxf7C

Children with autism who attend weekly

playgroups have improved development and social skills, a study has found,

supporting the inclusion of

children with autism into mainstream education.

The study, by national peak body Playgroup

Australia, shows 80 per cent of the families who took part in the groups

designed for autistic children reported an improvement in their children's

social development. It found a lack of play can aggravate social isolation

for children with autism, hindering their transition to school.

The study was funded as part of a federal

government grant, announced in 2008, of $190 million.

Playgroup Australia chief executive

Merange said playgroups provided an environment that was autism-friendly and

where children were shown how to interact with each other in preparation for

school.

" The more exposure these children with

autism get to a play environment, the more prepared they are for schools that

may or may not be as autism-friendly, " Ms Merange said.

Families Minister Macklin said as many

as one in 160 Australian children have an autism spectrum disorder.

A NSW parliamentary inquiry found there has

been a 165 per cent increase in children diagnosed

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