Autism:

Of daily livingIn our daily life we ​​are constantly going through various problems. Happiness-sorrow, laughter-cry are our daily events.When a child is born in a family, there is a flood of joy in that family. Parents make various plans to build a better future for their children. An important part of their plan is the healthy and normal development of children. Although the physical and psychosocial and intellectual development of children occurs at a certain time, there may be exceptions in some cases. Anxiety arises when a parent realizes that their child is behaving differently from other normal children or is not following a certain time in development or is far behind in age.Gradually frustration descended on the family. Parents first have to struggle with their own minds to accept this difference in the child. At the same time, due to the negative and negative attitude of the society and family members towards the child, the parents have to face many obstacles all the time.

Physical as the baby grows older after birth with the increase in the age of the child after birth, physical sitting, standing, walking, fine hand work, mental intelligence, emotion, memory, thinking, behavior, personality, social communication, according to age, skills is called the normal development of the child. And developmental problems are a type of chronic condition that occurs during the development of the baby's brain and interferes with any part of the baby's body or the whole bodily process. Autism is a disorder that is affecting more and more children.

What is Autism?

Autism is not a disease. It is a broad form of neurodegenerative problem known as "Autism spectrum disorder". The term nerve here refers to the relationship between the nervous system or the brain. The term developmental refers to the developmental process of a child.

This problem starts in pre-infancy which hinders the normal development process of the child. Symptoms of autism usually appear between one and a half to three years after birth. Social relations are the main subject of this Parliament in terms of communication and behavior. Also the physical and intellectual learning process of a child with autism has sensory problems and is particularly noticeable.

It is important to remember that not all autistic children are like this. For example, there are some common features of autism which are more or less observed in all autistic children and there are some features that are different for each child.

Autism is a disorder that is affecting more and more people. The autism spectrum can be compared to a rainbow.Just as there are many colors in the rainbow, there are different types of autism in the autism spectrum. One of these is asperger's syndrome.

Asperger's syndrome:

It is also a type of autism seen in the autism Spectrum. Although these children have behavioral problems, they have no problems with intellectual and linguistic development. However, language development is normal and vocabulary is adequate, but it is difficult to participate in social conversations.They repeat the same behavior. Especially the subtleties of communicating with others such as eye contact, verbal expressions, gestures, body language and emotional outbursts they are don't understand. They interpret words literally, resulting in idioms, proverbs, jokes or not understanding. The development of such children is not delayed, they are ahead in education, even intelligence is higher than normal. Asperger's is 10 times more common in boys than in girls.

They do anything correctly and fluently They learn to read any subject correctly and fluently but do not understand the relevance of the subject. Usually the vocabulary of such students is much higher. They can talk very nicely and often have long discussions on the subject of their choice. But it doesn't always matter if the people around you are interested in it.

They have problems with the senses and have difficulty moving, as well as less attention to any subject. Time knowledge decreases and muscles remain relaxed.As a result, it becomes difficult for them to maintain social contact through sports.

Anxiety can be seen among such students due to having organizational ability and attention problems. They like to follow rules and regulations, routines, etc. If there is a change in the rules, those who fall into mental tension fall into this.

Some common behaviors in children with autism :

• Do not keep an eye on or keep low

• Not responding to calls

• Inconsistencies in developmental skills

• Obstruction of daily routine changes

• Excessive restlessness or agitation

• Difficulty in expressing emotions

• Unusual body language

• Not being afraid of real danger, on the other hand, having an unusual fear in a situation or environment that is not so dangerous

• Inconsistent laughter

• And the natural attraction to something

• Eating is an abnormality of excretion

• Useful or harmful to oneself or others

• Inedible

Key Features of Autism:

The characteristics of autism and its levels are different for each child. The main identifying feature is social interaction, communication and repetition is the main behavior. These three characteristics are known as the main symptoms of this autism. Autism is a disorder that is affecting more and more people. As a result, similar behaviors or inconsistencies are encouraged among them. It is important to know that the symptoms of autism are due to nervous causes and do not exactly match with one another.

Social symptoms of autism in children:

Social interaction with others is a serious problem in most children with autism. In the first few months of life, they do not look others in the eye. They are attached to others and prefer to be alone. They don’t want to get the attention of others and don’t like to be hugged. They do not react normally to the affection of others.

Autistic children take a long time to learn something and they show no interest in the thoughts and feelings of others.Common gestures, such as a smirk or a wink, are less important to them.For these children who do not understand gestures, the sentence "Come here" always carries the same meaning.But this sentence can have different meanings. Due to lack of understanding of body language or verbal expression, his social world becomes meaningless to these children.

The tendency of autistic children to become agitated and aggressive hinders them from forming social relationships. They get angry or frustrated when they want strangers and the outside environment, again some of them lose control over themselves. During this time they can vandalize things, hurt others.

Communication problems in children with Autism ;

One of the means of communication is language. Autistic children have difficulty communicating with others due to language difficulties. Differences can be observed between autistic children in terms of language and development. Some autistic children never learn to speak and remain silent for the rest of their lives. A few months after the birth of a baby, he learns to bubble or talk half-heartedly, but after a while it also stops.

In some cases, it may take 5 to 9 years to learn the language. However, autistic children can learn to communicate with others through the touch of pictures and sign language.

Many children with autism have some abnormalities in their language use. They can't form the right sentence by word formation, some people express their thoughts with one word, some people say the same word over and over again. Some autistic children say a certain word or repeat a word like a pheasant, which is called ecolalia.

There are many autistic children who have very few language problems. They can speak well using many words but cannot continue the conversation properly. They do not understand the meaning of the sentence. Another issue is that they do not properly understand the physical gestures, the kind of difference in the meaning of words as a result of the rise and fall of voices.

Some of the unique qualities and strengths associated with autism ;

Autistic children are found to have extraordinary skills or abilities in any subject. Although their numbers are insignificant, such special skills are of special importance to them and can make them extraordinary. There is no reason to think that every autistic child will have such a special talent. However, if they are aware of this, it will be easier to find their latent talent, the child will be appreciated in the society and it's shortcomings in other aspects will be filled to some extent.

Autistic children can develop their talents only if they pay attention to the subject. It is seen that a child who is paying attention to the calendar can remember the date or time of birth of many famous people accurately, thus he can remember a lot of information at once. Again, by dividing a difficult and tactical task into small and simple ones and focusing on it, they can solve that difficult and tactical task.

Strong side of children with autism ;

• Ability to see skillfully

• The idea of ​​orderly rules and regulations,Can understand and remember the concepts of discipline, continuity, pattern, etc.

• Things like detail and memorization Things like memorizing details and memorization can help you remember the train schedule and writing score.

• Long-term memory

• Computer and technical skills

• Interest in music and musical instruments

• Focus on the subject of special interest

• Artistic skills

• Being able to read written language at a young age (understand or not)

• Remember the spelling

• Honesty

• No cunning understood

• Problem solving skills