In a small village in Beijing's Tongzhou district, there is a large farm compound, which looks no different, but unlike other places, many parents will send their children here.
Is it said that it is engaged in "human trafficking"?
Not.
This is not a "transit station", but a special rehabilitation care center for children who are admitted here, all have a very rare disease:
autism.
Parents sending their children over is not to lose confidence in them, nor to let them fend for themselves, but to hope that they can get better rehabilitation, which may be the last hope for parents and children.
The person who manages this place is also very special, called Huang Shuyuan, who has been with her children here for 8 years, and is now 52 years old, and there is more than one child here, which has grown to 44.
Do these children have a future? Will they get better?
In fact, many people do not understand that there is a special type of small patient: autistic children.
1. 2 million.
Everyone may have heard of autism, but they don't know much about it.
If you like to watch movies, you must have heard of the best film "Rain Man" at the 61st Academy Awards, in which the protagonist is reluctant to talk to people, but he has a strong memory, his calculation ability is not weak, and he can count the number of toothpick roots that fall on the ground in a few seconds.
When the film was first released, everyone wanted his ability, and it felt particularly powerful.
Jump out of the movie, although his computing power and memory are amazing, he is still a patient: autistic.
Similarly, film and television works about autism are not uncommon, in May 2012, China has released a movie, "Children of the Stars", the heroine of this film also won the 29th Chinese Film Golden Rooster Award.
From the name, this movie is about children with autism, why do you say that?
In fact, "children of the stars" has always been a proper noun for autistic children:
Because these children have vision, but never look at your eyes;
Can talk, but doesn't want to communicate with you;
There is no hearing impairment, but it is deaf to what you say.
They are like stars in the sky, you can see him and feel him, but they only twinkle in their own world and never want to share it with anyone.
Are there many such children?
According to 2014 data, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention counted the incidence of autism in 1/68, which means that every 68 children have a small autism, especially boys, and the prevalence is 4 to 5 times that of girls.
Many young patients have some symptoms from the age of three.
At present, the number of autistic patients in China has exceeded 10 million, and among children under 14 years old, the total number of patients may have exceeded 2 million, and the prevalence of autism has been rising, and it has also attracted more national attention and has become a worldwide problem.
Ultimately, autism is a mental health disorder that doctors more often refer to in the clinic as autism spectrum disorder, a neurodevelopmental disorder that falls into many types.
Symptoms vary depending on the type.
Second, the children of the stars.
Many scholars are doing research on how autism came about, but the main cause of the disease has not yet been found, and some scholars believe that this is a combination of environmental factors, biological factors and genetic factors.
But what do children with autism do? Are they all like the protagonists in "Rain Man", with superior memory and superior computing power?
Start with the name.
Autism is also called autism, why is it called that? In fact, such patients are very lonely.
Lonely because they are different from others.
The main difference is that he is incompatible with other children.
1. Communication disorders.
Among the many symptoms, the most obvious manifestation is the weak interaction with others, and the obvious feeling of interpersonal barriers.
This kind of problem appears in many aspects, especially communication, no eye contact, no facial expressions, and no body movements.
Sending children to kindergarten makes it difficult for such children to form friendships with their peers because of communication barriers that make them unable to understand others and have the ability to share their joys and sorrows.
2. Language barriers.
In terms of language learning, it is not only slow to learn, but also does not like to talk, and it is even difficult to maintain a complete dialogue when communicating with people.
Most of the time a simple word will be repeated in the mouth, which may not make any sense.
Even if he wants to try to understand other people's words, he needs to analyze them slowly word by word, and even then it is difficult to understand what others are saying.
But note that they are not deaf.
3. Abnormal attention span.
It's perfectly normal for a child to be attracted to video games or want to read funny picture books.
However, if a child is interested in a part of the toy, such as a small wheel on the car or a small screw in the whole toy, it is important to pay attention at this time, he is not just focused, but an unusual attention to detail.
They may be particularly interested in the details of something; doing the same thing every day, very rigid, and like to follow the rules; going to school on the same route every day; having an action or behavior that can't stop, such as clapping hands or shaking a body.
If a child has a similar problem, it may be a child of the stars, even in the early stages of autism, will show some different manifestations.
But in these patients, 70% of small patients may have lower intelligence, but still 10% of patients have high intelligence levels, more than normal people.
But can this disease be cured? Is there medicine?
3. 98.7%.
Although there may be more than 2 million children with autism in our country, 98.7% of these people do not achieve effective recovery.
However, it should be noted that although it has reached 98.7%, there are still 1.3% of small patients, who finally returned to life, there is still hope for treatment, and according to the priority of the disease, some patients, although they have not fully recovered, can still engage in some simple work, do not need the care of others, and are completely able to solve their own life problems.
Why can they be cured? In fact, it is because it was discovered early.
Although we still have not found the core drugs and treatments for autism, this does not mean that we are helpless, there is no way at all.
Many doctors around the world, as well as researchers, have tried many forms of treatment, and there are some experiences in this area, among many ways, the most commonly used highly structured and intensive skill training can effectively improve children's language skills and enable them to have better social communication skills.
And there are also some studies that show that many drugs can improve the patient's condition, such as risperidone, aripiprazole and other drugs can improve the patient's condition.
Many doctors will give children some autism medications, but these drugs do not change their core defects, and do not improve social and communication barriers much.
On this basis, more other aspects of intervention are needed, the most important of which is to start from the family, engage in some behavioral training and management, and find professional therapists to correct language disorders and some effective physical therapy.
With similar treatment, children's ability to communicate and communicate with others will get better and better as they get older, so the most important thing is early detection, early education and treatment, so that they can come out of their own world.
summary.
Barten, a spokesman for the British Autism Society, has made this public
"We should avoid characterizing people with autism as genius or other negative types, because each person has a unique character, talents, and needs."
Many parents do not understand that their children are sick, but feel that their children have intellectual disabilities, which is not.
Not only parents, but also the whole society should be more understanding, they are normal people like us.
They will also have joys and sorrows, and there will also be people who are warm and cold, but they don't know how to communicate with others, how to communicate with others, and live completely in their own world.
How to treat them effectively and get them out? This is actually a big topic, but they are all unique people, with their own personality talents and needs, just hope that society has greater tolerance.
Is it hard to help them? In fact, it is not difficult, there is no need to call for donations, and there is no need for large-scale encouragement to volunteer.
It is good to understand them and give them tolerance.
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