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On Understanding Autism by Parting Fact from Fiction

It’s astonishing that with all the ideas on hand about autism, there are still many myths about the disorder that are prevalent these days. Maybe it would be best to understand what autism is not to be able to gain an understanding about what it actually is. Below are a few things to look out for about the wrong ideas people have of autism:

  • That autistic children are all whiz kids and savants especially in areas of studies that require critical thoughts such as math and music. While it’s true that there are a few autistic people who display exceptional gifts in some areas of intelligence, majority has normal or below average skill sets. Most people who have autism and are at the same time are savants focus greatly on one skill group, which is the reason for the improvement of that skill.
  • Autism will not make your child a reliant all of his or her life. This myth is particularly destructive for the development of children diagnosed with autism simply because their capabilities will not be realized and their growth will be controlled within the limited expectations that people have of them. Humanistic therapy methods are also constantly being advanced to help autistic children to normal and become independent. Sandtray is a dynamic type of psychotherapy that lets clients express their innermost emotions by means of metaphor and symbol.
  • False impression #3 – Autistic people are not capable of emotions and as a result cannot love other people. While people with autism are sternly handicapped when it comes to social communication, it’s even now achievable for them to feel emotion and become emotionally attached, especially to people who they interact directly everyday such as family members and siblings. Their inability for social communication restarains them to effectively relate to other groups of people, especially those in their age group. Some autistic individuals that have a high functioning level can also keep the focus off them and be able to form and keep a rewarding relationship, even a happy marriage.
  • The characteristic of the symptoms of autism has also been the theme of many misconceptions. This can hold back in helping parents see that their children has autism because of the propensity to put the symptoms of autism in a neat little package. Autistics are individuals and symptoms will be different from lone person to another.
  • If there’s one symptom that occurs more regularly in most cases of autism, it’s the failure to partake in social communication, which is something that comes naturally and doesn’t need to be instructed to other people. If you find that your child has symptoms of autism, it’s best to instantly obtain intervention so that the appropriate therapy can be suggested; one such therapy made especially for children is play therapy. Autistic children don’t fool around with toys in the same way that some children without autism do. Playing house or making believe that a stuffed animal is a made-up pet may be something of a challenge for autistic individuals. However, learning to interact with toys is an initial action in learning to interact with people.

Play therapy is also something that can be taught to parents in order for them to play a working role in helping their child develop reciprocal skills and other things that will help the child become an efficient adult.

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