Autism-World

Q: I tried to explain autism to my husband tonight and got carried away. I saw his eyes glaze over. I know there is no social awareness or abiity to understand metaphorr (it’ raining cats and dogs etc) but how can you put it into a nutshell for those that truly do not understand it?

Answer:

In a nutshell, autism is a condition where a child cannot react or respond to his environment or stimulus, and acts as though indifferent to it.

It is more common than people thing: 1 out of every 166 children born have some form of it, and it MAY be somehow related to the vaccines given (not everyone agrees on this but before the mandatory vaccines, there were no children with these symptoms or this condition).

These children require specialized care and specialized education, and some require helmets and other aids to prevent them from injuries. The children are not “crazy” or “retarded” but simply cannot react or respond to normal stimulus around them; autistic children act as though they were indifferent to everything around them, as though they were in a world of their own, and some even exhibit obsessive compulsive behavior like repetitive movements or words or can only reply in monosyllables or one word responses.

With early detection and help many can live a normal live but all can surely improve with specialized professional help and therapy and the sooner the child receives said help and therapy, the better for the child and family.

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This entry was posted on Friday, September 21st, 2007 at 10:45 am and is filed under Ask and answer, Definition of Autism.