New teaching kit to help autistic teens make friends
- Chris McMillan
- Sep 9, 2024
- 1 min read
China Daily
5th June 2024
New teaching kit to help autistic teens make friends
Two social welfare groups on Wednesday introduced a new teaching kit to help teenagers with autism make friends, saying they often find it hard to fit in.
The Family Planning Association and Wai Ji Christian Service worked together to design games and story cards that teach autistic teens to interact with others in different social scenarios.
Maggie Fung, a clinical psychologist with the Christian group, said autistic children struggle to read other people’s emotions.
“Their main difficulty is they don't really recognise the facial expression or the reaction from others. Therefore, they might have a lot of difficulties recognising their reaction and coming up with an appropriate response to them,” she said
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