With the development of society and the popularization of the Internet, autistic children have received worldwide attention, and April 2 of each year is World Autism Day. This date was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2007 to raise awareness of autism and related research and diagnosis, as well as for people living with autism. According to the "Report on the Development of China's Autism Education and Health Industry", there are currently more than 10 million autistic people in China, and children aged 0-14 may exceed 2 million.
Early detection of autism is very important, and early detection is the basis for early diagnosis and intervention. If your child shows the following signs, you need to take your child to the hospital for screening:
1. At 12 months of age, you still can't respond to your name;
2. At 14 months of age, it still does not point to objects or people of interest (such as cars, toys, etc.);
3. At the age of 18 months, do not play "pretend" games (such as feeding dolls to eat, comparing small pistols, etc.);
4. Can't make eye contact, like to be alone, enjoy themselves;
5. No attachment, indifferent to the return and departure of parents, lack of emotional communication with those around them;
6. Low or inability to understand language, repetitive, stereotypical language, self-talk;
7. When asking questions, it is often the answer to the non-asked questions or "parrot learning tongue";
8. Stereotypical behavior, always repeating a game or repeatedly watching an advertisement, etc
9. Abnormal attachment to certain items, such as blocks, round objects;
10. Slight changes will make you feel frustrated (for example, change the placement of the toys you play every day, and the child will show frustration or cry);
11. Have similar obsessive-compulsive symptoms;
12. Slow response to hearing and vision, manifested as seeing or hearing without hearing.
How to get along with these autistic people so that they can feel the love, companionship and happiness they deserve is what we ordinary people can do. Autism is a complex disease, from the discovery of nearly 80 years has passed, the world's "autism concern day" has also passed 14 years, the treatment of the disease is still no substantial improvement, science and modern medicine still have many unknowns, the new crown pneumonia has been three years of time is also not controlled, as ordinary people we can do is companionship and care.
A friend of mine, who works in education, once told me about a "star child" he had met at dinner together. It was also this chat that started me to learn a little bit about autism. This is a five-year-old boy, when I first met him, there was no language and no cognition, and there was no reaction to calling his name, that is, we often say that we turn a blind eye, hear it. Attention is also highly inattentive, hyperactive, in the classroom is also unable to stop, running back and forth, mood swings are also very large, pick up the toy and throw it on the ground. He also has no emotional attachment to his parents, and he does not react to the departure of his parents. Doesn't interact with people, doesn't play with other kids, plays alone.
The child's parents brought him to feel the atmosphere of the school and showed him different living environments. The child's mother tells her friends that they will do their best to help the child grow up, and they do not feel that their child is different from other people's children. They understand and understand their children, so that they can accompany, love and support, and we must also do not discriminate, do not pity and equal respect, so that these "children of the stars" can grow up happily.