| Autistic child care should start as early as possible. | | | | appropriate educational plan. Visual and not verbal |
| Autism is a complex developmental disability that | | | | clue should be focused in building an exhaustive |
| typically appears before age three and in some | | | | module, to reach out to individuals falling in the |
| cases as early as 18 months. It is a neurological | | | | spectrum of autism. We need to break routine |
| disorder that affects the functioning of the brain | | | | way of teaching to encourage flexibility and stress |
| in areas of communication and social interaction. | | | | on unambiguous communication. We must teach |
| Although the characteristics might be the same, | | | | the autistic child life skills in a way that they can |
| each person is very unique. Autism is a spectrum | | | | easily recall or relate to. |
| disorder whose characteristics can present | | | | Visual augmentation helps a child communicate |
| themselves in a wide variety of combinations | | | | better. Autistic child suffers from social deficits like |
| from mild to severe. | | | | speech impairment, problem in understanding |
| An autistic child can be identified very early. | | | | others' perception and context and normally |
| Parents are usually the first to notice unusual | | | | communicate in a way that is not understood by |
| behaviors in their child. Normally a child of 12 | | | | others. We have to teach them to communicate |
| months is expected to babble, say a few words, | | | | in socially identifiable way. Structure makes tasks |
| pick up gestures like pointing and share emotions | | | | predictable, reduces anxiety in the child. One can |
| like smiling with parents. In some cases, the baby | | | | develop a concept using visual gestures. This helps |
| seemed different from birth, unresponsive to | | | | the child which is struggling to recall the sequence. |
| people or focusing keenly on one item for long | | | | An autistic child's behavior is often mistaken as |
| periods of time. The first signs of an autistic | | | | unruly. But it is only when the child is unable to |
| spectrum disorder can also appear in children who | | | | communicate, it responds aggressively. So, we |
| seem to have been developing normally. When an | | | | need to equip the child with better tools to |
| engaging, babbling toddler suddenly becomes silent, | | | | communicate. Structured teaching can be |
| withdrawn, self-abusive, or indifferent to social | | | | beneficial to help the child pick up life skills. |
| overtures, something is wrong. Autistic child care | | | | Awareness has to be created to enable families |
| is best done if the condition is diagnosed before | | | | to carry out autistic child care in a better manner. |
| the age of three. The best approach towards it is | | | | They need to have access to better medical |
| to count the child's strengths rather than the | | | | management of the related disorders like |
| weaknesses. | | | | aggression, hyperactivity and irritability. Parents |
| People use different terms to describe individuals | | | | need to learn to communicate and give out |
| within the autistic spectrum, such as autistic | | | | unambiguous instruction to their wards. There |
| tendencies, high or low-functioning autism, or | | | | should be support for employment and |
| autism spectrum. Whatever the term, an autistic | | | | opportunity for autistic individuals in the society. |
| child can learn and function productively given the | | | | |