VIDEO – Understanding Autism and Social Communication Needs for Bilingual Families

The West Sussex Autism in Schools Project* team and have worked together with the Ethnic Minority & Traveller Achievement Service (EMTAS) to coproduce a resource for bilingual families who are supporting an autistic child or a child on the autistic diagnostic pathway.

‘Understanding Autism and Social Communication Needs’ is a short video, available in a wide range of languages, to support the understanding of autism for parent carers who are bilingual, learning English as an additional language or new to the country. This knowledge and awareness can help to develop parental and community engagement with services designed to support both children and their families along the pathway.

The video is currently available in the following languages:

Arabic – https://youtu.be/iz2dqP5WJqM 

Bengali – https://youtu.be/KqvOq21XIfM 

Dari – https://youtu.be/nXV_9sJrOP8

English – https://youtu.be/GwGq80bvDtA?si=x1yQiJ52gWdLDJx9

Malayalam – https://youtu.be/uwu9Gec76UU 

Pashto – https://youtu.be/UOIy201P0yY

Polish – https://youtu.be/wJfO7ANG7Gw 

Portuguese – https://youtu.be/Gd_ylp7LDf8 

Romanian – https://youtu.be/kK6IuxWCfIE

Russian – https://youtu.be/61dsyphyt_0 

Spanish – https://youtu.be/1c_melTjM5Y 

Tamil – https://youtu.be/StSJGwk8NME 

Ukrainian – https://youtu.be/5G-T_JU1yEM

Urdu – https://youtu.be/_bzBakXodmw 

* The West Sussex Autism in Schools Project is a collaborative project between West Sussex County Council’s Autism and Social Communication Team (ASCT) and West Sussex Parent Carer Forum (WSPCF).

Last updated 31 January 2024