Have you seen "The Journey of Autism"?
The protagonist, Temple Grandin, was diagnosed with autism from an early age. Her life has always been in difficult mode, but fortunately a responsible mother has never abandoned her. With the help of his mother, Temple learns to speak and integrate into society. Even more fortunately, she met a good mentor. Under the guidance of her teacher, she gave full play to her talents and became a successful zoologist.
Photo/ Official poster of "Autism Course" (Douban Movie)
At first glance, this is an inspirational movie that encourages people not to give up on themselves, no matter what the situation. But thinking deeply about the implications behind it, I read about the loneliness of people with autism. They could not go to ordinary schools, had no companions to play with; and though their parents gave enough love, they received very little. Temp is very lonely because she can't understand the world that ordinary people see.
Photo/ Stills of "Autism Course" (Douban Movie)
The point is, why "autism"?
Healthy people have the ability to choose environmental stimuli, when walking on the street, people can focus on watching traffic lights, observing vehicles to smoothly walk through the zebra crossing; while ignoring unnecessary stimuli, such as sparrows on the telephone pole, people's conversations in the distance, high heels stepping on the ground "click" sound and so on.
Most of the time, however, people with autism are unable to choose between stimuli and can only receive all the information indiscriminately, which may be one of the reasons why they have difficulty communicating with people.
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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental mental disorder that often presents with social and communication disorders and limited repetitive behaviors. This is a group of spectrum disorders, and different patients are at different scales in this disorder and therefore show different symptoms.
Autism often begins in early childhood, and because language development is still in its infancy at the time of onset, it leads to slow language development and communication disorders. Healthy children can quickly acquire a lot of vocabulary through communication with their parents and family, but for people with autism, they do not communicate and do not interact with people, it is like living in another world.
"Doctor, I'm autistic, can I still be saved?"
This disorder arises as a result of a congenital developmental disorder of the brain that starts at an early age, which is irreversible and incurable. So far, no cure for autism has been found, and there is no specific drug to control, and only through rehabilitation/education training and other methods to help autistic patients gradually adapt to society, and this treatment often requires a lifetime.
There are six main types of education and training
1. Engage patients in peer games. Although initially the patient's participation in the peer game is not high, and external forces are also needed to promote their interaction, long-term encouragement of participation can gradually mobilize the patient's social desire and active participation in the peer game.
2. Eye contact training. Children with autism often avoid eye contact. When you expect eye contact with them, they actively avoid and look at a certain point, and then stare intently at that point for a long time without moving. Therefore, parents can use the method of behaviorist therapy to actively seek their children's attention. When a child's gaze is received, parents can give a reward to encourage the probability of this behavior.
3. Call-up response training. The main characteristic of autistic people is that they are immersed in their own world and cannot extricate themselves. This response training helps patients disconnect from their own world and into the social world in which we live. Responding to names is the simplest social training. When a patient is able to respond to his name, his social skills are improving.
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4. Parent-child physical contact. Children with autism who refuse to communicate with the outside world and trap themselves in their own world will become increasingly apathetic to their loneliness. Increasing physical contact between parents and children helps patients feel the warmth of the outside world and can be less lonely.
5. Social interaction training. If children with autism are reduced because they refuse to communicate with the outside world, this isolation will become more and more severe. The best way is to increase the patient's social opportunities, bring the child into social situations, and reward the child when he is willing to take the initiative to contact people.
6. Add sporty games. Skateboarding, swings, balance beams and other games can help reduce behavioral disorders.
A person needs to be surrounded by warmth, whether healthy or suffering from a mental or physical disorder. No one can go all the way in loneliness until the end of life, do not refuse the warmth given by others, but also try to warm others.
I hope everyone is treated tenderly by the world.
Author | UP Psychology Public Account - Information: Joyce
References
1. Wu W. Q. Q. Q. (2018, April). World Autism Day: The most effective way to treat autism is rehabilitation. Health Times Network. http://www.jksb.com.cn/index.php?m=wap&a=show&catid=455&id=122970
2. American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Arlington, VA: Author.