World Autism Awareness Month April 2019 | 6 things you should know about autism | Myth and Facts
4/06/2019
Most people still do not know what is actually autism syndrome, since most of the children who suffer from autism are looking normal.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurological development disorder that affects the ability of a child in communication, social interaction and behavior.
Did you know that one in 160 of the world's children is autistic children?
6 Things you need to know about autism
Not showing response
Autistic children mostly will not respond when interacting with others. They prefer to be alienated as if they were in their own world.
Language development is different
The development of children's language of autism is different for each individual.
They can not speak and just issued a sound.
Those who can speak is a word that is said to be meaningless and difficult to understand.
The ability to concentrate
Autism children mostly do not know how to start a conversation or to respond. This is because they have no ability to concentrate.
Slowly detected by immediate family
Many children with slow autism are detected by their families such as parents or guardians. Usually, autism can be identified as early as two or three years old. If your children are showing signs of this, get expert treatment.
Tips for communicating
The tips for communicating with autistic children is to give them simple and clear directions. Additionally, autistic children love to repeat an activity. So do daily activities of autism children on a routine basis.
World Autism Awareness Day
The World Autism Awareness Day is celebrated on April 2 each year to raise awareness of the community to be more sensitive to individuals with autism.
In fact, autism can be characterized as one of the most popular problems in children of this age and is often debate and research in the field of medicine in finding answers beyond the true causes, signs and symptoms, treatments and so on.
However, the problem is still unclear and do we understand and care about this autism?
Source: My brother has Autism by Share My Story
I included video cause I believe it really helps you to understand more about the condition. Kindly please watch it, thank you!
5 Facts in understanding autism individuals
According to a study conducted by the United State Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates one in 68 children is autism
Autism can be identified as early as 18 months
Autism has a distinctive spectrum categorized in three stages, severe, moderate and very severe.
The actual cause of autism syndrome is still unknown, but the factors that are often associated are environment, biology, and genetics.
There is no real treatment in treating Autism, but one of the treatments is through Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) therapy. The answer to the actual causes, the different signs and symptoms, the way to treat and so on.
5 Myths that are often a response to autism individuals.
Autism sufferers are deemed aggressive
Autism is caused by poor parenting skills
Vaccination between one of the causes of autism syndrome
Individuals with autism are not able to show affection
Autism sufferers do not need learning in their lives
A child is a blessing from God.
To parents who have autistic children. I pray that you will always be patient with allegations of life. May God bless you and your family
