Chinanews client, Beijing, April 2nd (Reporter Shangguanyun) Have you ever paid attention to this group of children in your life who don’t know how to make friends with others and lack the desire to contact others...
Every year, April 2 is the "World Autism Awareness Day".
Generally speaking, "autism" is also called "autism", and children with autism are called "children of the stars."
Data map: "World Autism Day" Shandong Province Children's Art Public Welfare Exhibition was held in Jinan on March 30, attracting many people to watch the exhibition.
Photo by Sun Hongyuan
Children with autism spectrum disorder may live in society with the characteristics of autism for life.
Some experts said that the treatment, education, and placement of autistic patients is a systematic project that requires families and society to take their own responsibilities and perform their duties.
"Children of the Stars"
According to media reports, according to the "Report on the Development of China's Autism Education and Rehabilitation Industry III" published in 2019, the number of people with autism in my country exceeds 10 million, and the number of children with autism exceeds 2 million.
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Song Guangwen, professor of psychology at the Nanguo Business School of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, said that medically, autism, pervasive developmental disorder, and childhood autism are collectively referred to as autism spectrum disorders.
The name varies from person to person.
Professor Song Guangwen mentioned that children with autism rarely use their eyes to communicate, do not know how to make friends with others, and may be accustomed to repeating certain actions constantly.
But some of them will have some outstanding talents, such as painting, arithmetic, music, etc.
Some can even calculate very complicated math problems, but on the other hand they lack basic living abilities. They may not even be able to make basic changes.
"The core damage of autism or autism is interpersonal relationships. Generally speaking, compared with ordinary children, children with autism lack the desire to contact people, and they will not interact with people." He Said that these children are also called "children of the stars"
Data map: 17 members of the "Happy Angel" clown doctor volunteer team from Taiyuan Maternity and Child Health Hospital came to Shanxi Rehabilitation Center to perform balloon magic for children with autism and participate in fun sports with the children.
Photo by Fan Lifang
The headache is that there is no effective medicine to treat autism.
Autistic patients are often accompanied by complications such as anxiety, depression, or epilepsy, and drugs can only improve certain symptoms.
Troubled children and parents
For families suffering from autism, the child's inner world is like a locked house, and parents are always looking for the key to open the door.
In 2002, the eldest son of writer Zhang Yan, Le Yu, was more than 3 years old. This year, he was diagnosed with autistic tendencies.
"In the beginning, we treated autism as a kind of'disease', and regarded many of Le Yu's performance as pathological." Zhang Yan was very anxious at one time, Le Yu would cry for no reason, refused to get a haircut, and refused to arrive. Dining in the restaurant, there are various stubborn and weird habits.
After studying some data, Zhang Yan found that autism is a world problem and can only be improved through intervention.
Children belonging to the autism spectrum will live in society with the characteristics of autism for life.
“At present, the society lacks understanding of the characteristics of these children, and there is also a lack of coping methods. Their study and life are often difficult.” She gave an example. For example, many autistic children may not have jobs to do when they grow up and become families. Burden.
Parents are also facing pressure: various abnormal behaviors of children, negative evaluations from the society... From the perspective of traditional evaluation systems, children with autism are easily regarded as "failed children", and even the value of parents as nurturing Was denied.
"As a result, parents can easily lose their sense of value and hope in life. Just like a parent once said to me,'With such a child, a lifetime is over'." Zhang Yan said.
Data map: December 5th is the International Volunteer Day. 48 college student volunteers from Yunnan University came to Kunming Lockmi Children's Potential Development Center to accompany children with autism to sing, dance, draw, and coordinate with the center's teachers. training.
Photo by Liu Ranyang issued by China News Agency
"Let's go through it together"
However, some experts have pointed out that the earlier a child with autism is diagnosed and the earlier intervention is performed, the better the effect may be, and the greater the possibility of returning to the mainstream society.
Children with autism can be found in their infancy.
When faced with almost irreversible pain, many people will rely on "miracle", but Zhang Yan found that in the fight against autism, "there is no such thing as a miracle", but rely on science.
She once wrote in "Embracing You Through Lonely", or we can put it another way: "A miracle is not a result, but a state. In the growth of a child, it is not an ultimate conclusion, but A higher starting point.
Therefore, after a brief collapse, Zhang Yan began to try to use scientific intervention techniques to analyze the motives behind Le Yu’s behavior and learn to understand and accept children. After the age of 8-9, his behavior slowly became "controllable". And "teachable".
"At this time, we treat him more as an ordinary child and ask him to go to special schools, do homework, and learn to paint. During his adolescence, he had some difficulties, his body deteriorated, his sleep was poor, and his temper became irritable. But we survived together." Zhang Yan said.
Love and trust are "weapons" against autism
Twenty years have passed in the blink of an eye, and Le Yu is 23 years old and lives with his parents.
Zhang Yan's requirements for him have also become self-care, exercise and improve the quality of life.
Data map: Poetry recitation by parents of children with autism.
Photo by Yang Huafeng
"We have also gone through a process from fighting with autism to living together. We have established a way of love, trust and effective communication with each other. This is the best weapon against autism." She said.
In Zhang Yan's view, both children and parents must step out of the traditional value system, respect the value of autistic children as human beings, and strive to reconstruct a value system with life value as the core in society.
"When encountering autistic patients, we tend to take some condescending love to care for such disadvantaged groups, but ignore the rights they should have as members of society." Song Guangwen feels that superficial "care" comes and goes quickly. It's hard to last.
Therefore, the treatment, education, and placement of autistic patients is a systematic project that requires families and society to take their own responsibilities. "For example, I hope that more professional institutions can help parents take better care of their children; cultivate full-time resources Teachers and so on."
"It requires the joint efforts of autistic families and all sectors of society to allow the'children of the stars' to integrate into society on an equal basis," he said.
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