Thursday 13 March 2014

Autism Spectrum Disorder: Widespread Problem in Recent Days!


Autism is one of the most common and widespread problems amidst children nowadays. The reason behind the occurrence is still undiscovered and the problem can start right from pregnancy stage where the mother has undergone treatments for flu over a week, medications, infections etc. This problem is mainly affects the brain development of the child making him / her socially bereft of the activities and don’t have the capacity to think or sense any action.


The disorder makes the child never respond to anybody’s call, don’t react to any kind of pain, never focus on doing any particular job, speaking problems etc can be seen in children who are affected by this problem. They have social and behavioral challenges that needs complete attention of the parents/ guardian who is taking care. There is lot of instances which makes your child to be special when compared to normal children. Early detection of such behaviors helps you to give special attention to the child and their behavioral outline. The main dearth that can help you to identify that your child is suffering from some kind of problem are socialization, communication problems like expressions, grabbing attention deficit and having very strict restrictions in their behavior. 


Autism Spectrum Disorder

This is mainly the mental under developmental problem that causes autism and they are of five type’s namely rett syndrome, pervasive developmental disorder, autistic disorder, Asperger’s syndrome, childhood disintegrative disorder. Most of the children who are affected with this problem are identified within 3 years of age. There are no such proofs that it is genetically passed problem but chances are high for children with history of autistic problems. Many aspects like behavioral training, therapies according to the specific autistic problem, parental guidance and training and lastly the medicines which brings about overall development of the child suffering from the autism problem.

For autistic person the whole surrounding is full of confusion which makes him/ her to concentrate less on the thing they are supposed to do. Even slight noise that can come from the other part of the house can distract them. They try to communicate in their perspective which the care taker must be ready to understand their need. They may not tell like normal children only experienced care taker or parents can understand the situation much better. Love and affection is the main tool along with special teaching aids help the autistic children to live better along with their problem.