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Joe is a student in the teacher’s class and has autism. He is a pupil who academically is doing particularly well. He has above average scores in reading and maths. The teacher had become aware that Joe was increasingly unhappy at school. He talked to none of his classmates anymore and appeared withdrawn. He still completed work well when he was alone but whenever he was in a group, there were fireworks. The RTLB had asked the teacher if Joe knew he had autism. Joe’s teacher talked to the parents after school and found out that at home Joe had been saying that he didn’t fit in, he had no friends and he always got things wrong. He was reluctant to come to school each day. Joe’s parents had not discussed autism with Joe as they were unsure if it was the right thing to do and how to go about it. The teacher did the matching game activity with the whole class. The teacher saw that Joe didn’t like group work but liked breaktime and asked him why? He said breaktime was good because he was by himself. He didn’t like groupwork because he said he kept getting things wrong with other students and that they weren’t as clever as him.