Children on the autism spectrum are often highly visual learners‎,‎ making colour a powerful and motivating learning tool‎.‎ This book explains how colour coding helps young people with autism to generalise lessons already learnt‎.‎ For example‎,‎ assigning the colour aqua to all personal care activities or the colour purple to timetabling and transitions establishes clear‎,‎ visual categories‎.‎ This allows children to draw on learnt experiences‎,‎ which creates a sense of order‎,‎ reduces anxiety‎,‎ and can aid communication‎,‎ understanding emotions‎,‎ organisation‎,‎ coping with change and diversifying diet‎.‎ A wealth of tried‎-and‎-tested printable resources to enable the practical application of colour coding in the classroom and at home are included on a cd‎-rom‎.‎ With colourful illustrations and resources‎,‎ colour coding for learners with autism is an effective‎,‎ must‎-have teaching tool for anyone involved in the education of young people with autism‎.‎