Fifteenth World Autism Day, 2 April 2022. They may not be able to gaze into your eyes, but crave your attention; they may not be able to express themselves properly, but they also need to communicate.
Autism, also known as autism, has multiple impairments in communication, emotions, behavior, and intelligence throughout life. Like disease, it is misunderstanding, exclusion and discrimination that hurt them.
Autistic children are called "children of the stars" because they do not pay attention to the world around them, do not want to communicate with people, and live in their own space, like the stars in the sky, twinkling alone in the distant dark night sky.
Autism is not uncommon, with more than 70 million people living with autism worldwide, and about 10 million people living with autism on the mainland, with the number of people increasing by nearly 200,000 every year. Autism is not a mental illness, it is a congenital developmental disorder. Autism is mostly onset in infancy and is not associated with depression.
People with autism are also worth accompanying!
In 2008, Chen Xingrong, who was almost 2 years old, was diagnosed with autism. His father, Chen Xunhu, heard that swimming was good for children with autism, and he began to teach his children to swim on his own. For more than ten years, Chen Xunhu has obtained the certificate of social sports instructor through self-examination. In October 2021, Chen Xunhu led seven paralympic athletes to the Paralympic Games. Son Chen Xingrong won five swimming medals, one of which was in the 200m freestyle. Today, Chen Xunhu plans to spend 10 months to 1 year to take his children to run marathons.
Care for the children of the stars so that they are no longer alone!