This document discusses social stories and how they can help students with autism understand social situations and behaviors. Social stories provide a detailed explanation in simple steps of what to expect in a situation, why certain behaviors are expected, and what response is appropriate from the student. They are written from the student's perspective and without absolute language. The author created a social story to help a student understand why he could only go outside sometimes depending on the weather. After reading the story daily for 3 weeks, the student stopped asking to go outside inappropriately and remembered the rules on his own.