Autism is a mental condition, present from early childhood, characterized by great difficulty in communicating and forming relationships with other people and in using language and abstract concepts. AsIAm speakers visit secondary school across Ireland providing a workshop to students, in order to help them to gain a greater understanding of autism. AsIAm developed this program in the hope of making school easier for autistic teenagers, who can often feel misunderstood, and to bring about an awareness of autism among young people generally.