Glossary

Communication interventions are a very wide group of interventions and include any interventions which are specifically designed to increase or improve the communication skills of individuals with autism.

Communication skill deficits, such as lack of spoken language, are one of the core symptoms of autism.

Comorbidity is a term used to describe a medical condition, disease, or disorder that occurs alongside another.

A comparative study is any kind of study which involves a comparison of outcomes, results, responses, etc for different techniques, therapeutic approaches or other inputs.

Compassionate goals are focused on understanding, appreciating and meeting the unique needs of one's child.

Competitive employment is work performed by a person with a disability in an integrated setting at minimum wage or higher and at a rate comparable to non-disabled workers performing the same tasks.

Complementary and Alternative Medicine is a very large group of interventions which are used alongside or instead of traditional medical treatments and therapies.

Compliance training is another term for discrete trial training, a highly-structured training technique that involves a trainer instructing an individual with autism using a series of learning opportunities or trials.

Comprehensive Application of Behavior Analysis to Schooling is a behavioural intervention based on the principles of Applied Behaviour Analysis.

Comprehensive treatment models (CTMs) consist of a set of practices organised around a conceptual framework and designed to achieve a broad learning or developmental impact on the core features of autism.

A compulsion is a repetitive behaviour or mental act that someone feels they need to carry out to try to temporarily relieve the unpleasant feelings brought on by the obsessive thought.

Computer-based interventions are a large and diverse group of interventions based around the use of computers.

Concerta is a brand name for methylphenidate, a type of stimulant medication, used to treat inattention and hyperactivity.

Conductive education is a system of education for children and adults with physical and multiple disabilities originating from damage to the central nervous system.

Conjoint behavioural consultation is a partnership model of service delivery in which parents, educators, and service providers work collaboratively to meet a child's developmental needs.

Conjugate prisms, another term for ambient prism lenses, are used to help improve ambient vision, the visual system related to spatial organisation.

Connect therapy is an Australian derivative of the Son-Rise program.

Constipation means that you are not passing stools (poo) regularly, or you are unable to completely empty your bowels.

A control group is the group in a controlled trial that acts as a comparator for one or more experimental interventions.

Conventional antipsychotics is another term for typical antipsychotics, a term used to describe the older antipsychotics, such as haloperidol.