April 2 is the 15th World Autism Day, and children with autism are known as "children from the stars". On the 1st, a group of "children from the stars" and their families, led by the Chimelong Ocean Kingdom Volunteer Service Team, painted whale sharks and listened to dolphins singing.
The reporter saw at the scene that the children participating in this activity were between the ages of 6 and 12. In order to welcome the arrival of the children, the Whale Shark House specially played soft background music, and the children were free to draw under the guidance of the art teacher to express what they saw, heard and thought.
At the dolphinarium, the keepers specially organized the dolphins to sing together, and the children were excited to see the dolphins swimming over to "say hello".
Mothers of some autistic children in Zhuhai spontaneously set up a mutual aid organization, and Luo Hongyan was elected secretary general. She said that although these children have social barriers compared with ordinary children, they are particularly curious about nature, children and animals in the underwater world will have a "natural connection", they can feel some of the emotions of animals, which can not be expressed in words, can be expressed in the way of painting, and feel happy from it.
It is understood that in order to meet the visual and psychological needs of children with autism and help them open their hearts, Chimelong Ocean Kingdom carefully planned this activity, inviting families from Zhuhai Child Protection Association, Zhuhai Autism Mutual Aid Association, and Zhuhai Blue Crystal Spirit Integration Education Support Center to come and paint whale sharks and listen to dolphins sing.
According to reports, for children with autism, the significance of travel is not to relax, sightsee, broaden their horizons, essentially another kind of training in life, can help them constantly adjust and adapt to a variety of new environments, to face a variety of unexpected situations, learn to quietly and calmly contact the wider external world.
【Source: Zhuhai Network】