6 things you should not do if your child is autistic

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6 Things You Should Not Do If Your Child Is Autistic

Your world shatters when you hear your boy/ girl is suffering silently and you start to blame

a countless number of people; here’s a list of what you should avoid doing.

For a counsellor/ child physiologist, it’s quite disheartening to break out the news about

the disability your bundle of joy is suffering from. From frantic series of queries that end

with will my son/ daughter dies, too long wails and tears, we must be prepared to deal

with the emotional mayhem in our clinics. And after such a day of stress, I find myself

asking God why he punished those children.

I must be wrong to think like that because I am no one to question God’s abilities and

His ways of working. While religions blame your previous sins for the troubles in your

present life, there are other fake prophets who will come up with weird sounding cures

to baffle and loot desperate parents.

Few tips to sail through this ocean safely.

1. While you are on the way towards your last months of pregnancy, know and

accept whatever form of life God blesses you with. If he has put you through a lot,

he will guide you through it too. Faith and prayer does work miracles for

everyone, let alone an autistic child.

2. Environment- Good eating habits, stress-free life and an environment of

productivity and wonderfulness will produce equal results. Ensure you maintain

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a healthy pregnancy, eating right and tension free. Forgo the word tension from

your dictionary while you give the good news to your partner.

3. Birth- And you discover something wrong with your child, and your

paediatrician doesn’t. Trust your instincts and look up online and consult a

higher medical authority. The earlier it is diagnosed, the better chances of early

recovery.

4. Children- All children are alike whether born with one ear or with a slight mental

disorder. Which means they love playing and talking. Your autistic child might

need a little more help than his brother, but he will get there. Don’t ridicule or

shout at him and point his disability in a negative way. Education for autistic

children is quite a different path to take up and should be followed with a

specialised centre.

5. Education- Awareness of this disorder is necessary to every mother, and will

help you expect the worst. While the child needs special training, parents can

stay back and take lessons on motivational therapies and educational tools to

help their ward. Support for autistic individuals come in all forms of external

help- schools, therapy sessions and practise.

6. Uniqueness- Every child is unique, and don’t despise your misfortunes or an evil

eye if your child is suffering. It is statistically written off that autistic kids have an

unusual ability or gift which normal kids lack of. Discover it and nurture this

uniqueness within him/ her.

Your kid will grow up and take care of you like any other, he will socially bond

and behave as normally as anyone, if you take the chance to understand the ways

of life. Patience is a virtue, and you will cultivate it eventually. Don’t lose hope

yet.

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