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Daily Life Skills for Autistic Children

Every big skill is a chain of small steps. Pick a skill — get a printable step sheet made for your child.

MirchiColor's daily life skills guides break everyday routines — brushing, bathing, dressing, eating, going out — into simple picture steps your autistic child can follow, on screen or printed at home.

A child proudly brushing their teeth at the sink

How to teach a daily life skill

Break it into steps

A skill like bathing is really a chain of ten small actions. Teach one action at a time so your child is never asked to hold the whole task in their head.

Use pictures, not words

Spoken instructions disappear the second they are said; a picture stays on the wall. Every step sheet here is picture-first so your child can check the next step without asking.

Try backward chaining

You do all the steps and let your child do the last one, then the last two. They finish the task every single time, so practice ends in pride instead of correction.

Practise in the real place

Teach toothbrushing at the basin and road safety on a real footpath, not at the dining table. Pair the sheet with a predictable daily routine — our visual schedules and first-then boards help you build one.

If a step keeps falling apart at the same moment every day, something underneath it is hard — decode that behaviour to understand what your child is telling you before you change the sheet.

A child picking up a toothbrush to start brushing
Brushing TeethFree to try

From picking up the brush to rinsing the mouth.

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A child taking off their clothes before a bath
BathingFree to try

Undress, wet, soap, rinse, dry — in order.

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A child turning on the tap to wash their hands
Washing HandsFree to try

Handwashing steps a child can follow at the tap.

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A child picking up a t-shirt to put it on
Wearing a T-shirtFree to try

Pulling on a t-shirt, one clear step at a time.

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A child picking up a pair of pants to put on
Wearing PantsFree to try

Putting on pants without rushing or guessing.

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A child washing their hands before serving food
Serving My Own FoodFree to try

Serving their own plate, calmly and independently.

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A child walking to the bathroom to use the toilet
Using the ToiletFree to try

The toilet routine in gentle, predictable picture steps.

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A child stopping at the edge of the road before crossing
Crossing the RoadFree to try

Road safety steps for going out together.

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A child pressing the button to call the lift
Using the LiftFree to try

Using a lift confidently in Indian buildings.

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Keep these sheets with you

A free account saves the steps your child has mastered, unlocks printing, and remembers where you left off on every skill.

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Daily life skills (ADL) are everyday tasks like brushing, bathing, dressing and eating. Autistic children learn them best when each task is broken into small steps — a method called task analysis. Every sheet here is printable, picture-based, works in Hindi and English, and is made for Indian homes.

Building school-adjacent skills too? See Learning & Academics. →

Questions parents ask

What is task analysis and why does it work for autistic children?

Task analysis means breaking a big skill into small, teachable steps. Your child masters one step at a time instead of the whole task at once, so it feels doable rather than overwhelming — and every step done is a real win worth celebrating.

How do I use a step sheet at home?

Print it and put it where the task happens — the bathroom mirror, a cupboard door. Do the steps together at first, then tick each step your child masters. Real place, real routine, real practice.

What is backward chaining?

In backward chaining you do all the steps and let your child do just the last one — then the last two, and so on. Because they always finish the task, your child always ends with success and a sense of pride.

Are these step sheets free?

Yes — every skill is free to open and use on screen, in Hindi and English. Printing the sheets is part of Lite and Premium.

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