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| Little Girl Suffering from Autism |
Is autism coming closer to your children?
Many families have suffered and
have paid lots of money for their child that has autism. These families have
suffered enough and we should help.
Autism is a disorder that affects the
brains normal development of social and communication skills that appears in
the first 3 years of life. Researchers don’t know what causes this disease but
the study of this is active.
Researchers believe that these might
be the causes, but have not been proven, they are: diet, digestive tract
changes, mercury poisoning, body inability to properly use vitamins and
minerals and vaccine sensitivity.
Boys with autism get affected 3-4
times more than girls often do. Children with autism, has increased for the past
few years. Student Amy Lu states “Yes, I think that autism will increase
because the genetic gene can pass down to the next generation.”
There are many different symptoms that
have made children have a harder and difficult life. Children have problems
with pretend play, social interaction and verbal and nonverbal communication.
Before the ages 1 and 2 they lose language or social skills that they already
gained before. People with autism have problems with overly sensitive in sight,
hearing, touch, smell, and taste. They also have unusual distress when routines
are changed. There are many more symptoms that affect the a child’s life but
those are just a few.
Kids and older people with autism may
got to moderate to severe autism. For example they cannot maintain a social
communication with gestures instead of words. They also develop their language
slowly or not at all. Usually people with autism don’t make friends. Student
Naomi Eaphen says” Yes it could be a problem in the future because school can
be difficult for them and they could get bullied because they have autism. “ It
would be hard to “click” with other students” student Robin Lee reports. It’s
not easy for students with autism to have a social and communication or to have
a good education.
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If
children fail to meet: babbling by 12 months, gesturing by 12 months( like
waving bye bye), saying single words by 16 months and many more they would need
more testing than usual. Hospitals and specialists would usually evaluate
children in: Communication, language, motor skills, speech, success at school
and thinking abilities.
“Yes they need more attention because they
need more help and support than we do” student Naomi Eaphen says. There are a
variety of therapies that are available like: Medications, occupational
therapy, physical therapy, and speech-language therapy. There are a variety of
programs also. Applied Behavioral Analysis
(ABA) that is for younger children with an autism spectrum disorder. They use one-on-one teaching to practice various skills, this makes it very expensive. The program is usually done in the child’s home under the supervision of a behavioral psychologist.
(ABA) that is for younger children with an autism spectrum disorder. They use one-on-one teaching to practice various skills, this makes it very expensive. The program is usually done in the child’s home under the supervision of a behavioral psychologist.
Medicine is also used to help these
people with autism. The medication is usually used to treat behavior and
emotional problems. They usually use medication with problems like: aggression,
anxiety, attention problems, and many more.
Children with autism seem to respond
to a gluten-free diet. Gluten is found in foods containing wheat, rye, and
barley. They also respond to a casein-free diet. Casein is found in foods in
milk, cheese, and other dairy products.
Things can get complicated. Autism can
be associated with other disorders that also affect the brain like: fragile X
syndrome, mental retardation and tuberous sclerosis.
These children need more help and
support and people need to know about this disorder that affects young
children. Support these children and donate for the families that don’t have
enough money to pay for treatments and medicine.
By :Liset
Morales
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Liset, you have written a beautiful article. Bravo!
ReplyDeleteMs. Clements