Autism is a disorder of mental development, it can be characterized by disorders of motor skills and speech, which leads to a violation of social interaction.
The disease affects the development of the child and the further passage of his life. Each child is different in the manifestations of the disease.
But there are the same symptoms that can be used to diagnose autism. These signs include: lack of facial expressions, possibly a lag in the development of speech, the child does not smile or look in the eyes, avoids interaction with people around him.
An autistic child becomes strongly attached to certain stereotypes, such as how furniture stands in a room. And if you rearrange it or introduce a new element into the design, he gets hysterical until everyone returns as it was. Speech in children may be abnormal, phonetically impaired or impaired in content. Also, speech can be absolutely normal, but he cannot maintain a conversation.
There are no tests to diagnose autism, the diagnosis is made on the basis of observations and tests. The treatment of this disease is a very long and laborious process. Parents should tune in to the fact that they will have to fight the disease for a very long time and this will not necessarily be crowned with success. Medicines do not help with this disease.
The child should receive treatment not only in the hospital, his whole lifestyle should be directed towards the healing process. The child needs a precise daily routine. Parents should take him daily to classes with an experienced psychiatrist, and consolidate the result. In the treatment of an autistic child, the process of repeating the learned skills is very important so that he can perform them on his own. Parents should also not forget about themselves, as the process of treating a child is very exhausting. They should also visit a psychologist and take a break from the treatment process.
Treatment for an autistic person is lifelong and will have different prognosis for improvement.
