Understanding children with Autism.

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What is Autism? Autism is a life-long developmental disability that limits a child's ability to understand what they see, hear and sense. Characteristics of Autism Severa delay in understanding social relationships -avoid eye contact - in his own world -lack of cooperative play peers -unable to develop friendships Inconsistent Patterns of sensory responses -May appear to be deaf and fail to respond to words or other sounds -May also be extremely distress by an everyday noise -Insentivity to pain,,cold or heat Marked restriction of activity and interests - Need a daily routines as change of routines may cause extreme emotional psychological distress. Possible learning habits -understand what they see better than what they hear -Rote memory (require many repetition to learn and recall information) How to teach them? - Use picture exchange communication system (PECS) (search the net for more info) -Social story where you create a real situation and get them to rehearse how to deal with it. Can be as simple as laughing at a joke as they may not even know when to laugh and when to talk. All must be taught. I do hope this is useful if you are dealing with Autism kids. They cannot help but behave in their ways but you can help them if you understand them better. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me in this discussion where others who have knowledge can help too.