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Sybil Elgar (10 June 1914 – 8 January 2007) was the first special-education teacher for those with autism in the United Kingdom.

In 1962, she began a school for autistic children in the basement of her London home. She helped to found the National Autistic Society, whose first school for pupils with autism was later named the Sibyl Elgar School in her honour. In 1974, Elgar and the parents of some of her students founded the first residential community for adults with autism, Somerset Court in Brent Knoll, Somerset. She was appointed MBE in 1975, and in 1984 she retired. Elgar died on 8 January 2007 at the age of 92.

See also

• National Autistic Society

References

1. ^ Wing, Lorna (24 January 2007). "Sybil Elgar: Pioneer in teaching and care of autistic people". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
2. ^ Goldman, Lawrence, ed. (2013). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2005-2008. Oxford University Press. p. 344. ISBN 978-0-19-967154-0. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
3. "Our Story So Far". National Autistic Society. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
4. "The SCAT Story". Somerset Court Autistic Trust. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2018.

External links

• Sybil Elgar school (www.nas.org.uk)
• Sybil Elgar school (www.autism.org.uk)

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