Research provides numerous accounts on transitional services. Although no one can agree on the best practice to use, all agree it must be started early. When talking about transition several areas come to mind. Transition from home to school, from school to work, from one grade to another, one placement to another.
Autism comes from the Greek word auto, which means self.
So, autistic children are those children who are within themselves, who have trouble getting outside of themselves enough to get along with other people in what would be considered a normal relationship. To understand Autism one must understand how these discrepancies affect Autistic individuals. In these children, the normal development of the brain is impaired. These individual have areas in the brain that are underdeveloped. These sections in the brain formulate our social interaction and communication skills.