Sakib Khondoker
Autism is a brain development disorder characterized by a set of behaviours that affect individuals differently. There are three main types of Autism spectrum disorder: Asperger’s syndrom, Pervasive developmental disorder, and Autistic disorder. And two rare, severe autistic-like conditions: Rett syndrom, and Childhood disintegrative disorder. Children with autism are withdrawn, in a world of their own. Children suffering from autism can be helped with appropriate intervention and increased awareness in the society.
Symptoms may vary from moderate to severe. One needs to look out for when trying to detect autism at home and ensure that the child gets treatment early before it becomes a serious problem that stays within the cortex when they become young adults. Children with autism start to show difficulty in maintaining social interactions with others around them.
Moreover,they prefer to be left alone all by themselves. They tend to remain within their nutshell and avoid contact with others by displaying unusual eye contact. They also demonstrate difficulty in verbal and non verbal communications resulting in a hard time to cope up in school. Children suffering from autism show extreme distress for no apparent reason and possess a short attention span. Besides, they have difficulty taking turns in turn taking games or activities. Moreover, they enjoy rotating or spinning objects, or lining up objects. They keep themselves occupied with objects such as, knobs, switches and wheels. Autistic children suffer from communication problems, display signs of difficulty to start or maintain a social conversation. They tend to communicate with gestures instead of words.
People generally misinterpret these children due to their behaviours and distant themselves. This shouldn’t be. These children aren’t any different from us. They deserve the same love, care, and warmth as the so called ‘normally born’ children. Let’s spread what everyone needs to know, let’s inform everyone that these children are no different from any of us.