Sometimes finding the right thing to say can be hard.

Harder still is finding the right thing to say to a parent of a child who has autism.

You try and say ‘the right things’. You somehow end up with a massive case of foot in mouth.

The thoughtful Karen Siff Exkorn has put together a list of ’11 things never to say to parents of a child with autism’.

Just read it. Note it. Remember it.