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And wrong beliefs that we should banish forever. From Guiainfantil.com we want to clarify certain doubts that still exist about this disorder, and for this we have asked for the collaboration of parents and experts from the Autism Federation Madrid (Spain). Here are some of the myths that exist abou
and wrong beliefs that we should banish forever. From Guiainfantil.com we want to clarify certain doubts that still exist about this disorder, and for this we have asked for the collaboration of parents and experts from the Autism Federation Madrid (Spain). Here are some of the myths that exist about children with autism and their appropriate corrections.
10 things you did not know about childhood autism 1. Autism is not a disease. Autism is not a disease, but a disorder that affects three important areas: the area of communication, the area of behavior and the area of social relationships.
2. Children with autism are not in a 'distant world'.
Autism is not dark or distant. Children with autism are not in another world or isolated. The only thing is that they communicate differently. They do not usually use words, but images or pictograms. It is true that children with autism do not usually fix their eyes when they speak, and do not use words only, but it does not mean that they are in a 'distant world'.3. Children with autism are not traumatized if you touch them.
Children with autism can be very loving. There are children with less affectionate autism and others. What I know is true that their social skills are depleted, but not that they can not express their feelings. 4. Children with autism are not all the same.
No children with autism is the same as the other. Each one has its particularities, since autism affects three different areas in different degrees: a child with autism may have more communication problems but less behavior, and another may have more problems in the area of social relationships ... Infantile autism is like colors: the same color can have different tonalities. 5. A child is born with autism.
The origin has a clear genetic component (which does not mean that it has to be hereditary). It may be due to a genetic mutation before the baby is born. It is not known why, but it happens. The child already has autism since birth, although it can not be diagnosed until later. At the moment it can not be diagnosed since pregnancy. What is known is that more children are born than girls with autism. In fact, for every four children with autism, a girl with autism is born. 6. Asperger is autism.
The Asperger is within the autistic spectrum. What happens is that it has some peculiarities, but it is considered autism. Within the spectrum of autism, there are many tonalities, and the Asperger is one of these tonalities. Children with Asperger are children with autism with great potential. The learning ability of children with Asperger can be very good. but these children can see their social capacities depleted.7. Children with autism do communicate.
Children with autism do communicate, but in a different way. They use more images, signs, pictograms and concrete sounds.8. Children with autism can (and should) go to school.
Of course they can go to school. They can go to schools with special modalities for children with autism or to ordinary inclusion schools, with classrooms that have support and educational reinforcement. There are many options for children to go to school, although it is true that there is a lack of training among teachers.9. Autism is not cured with a pill.
To this day there is no cure for autism. Nor magic formulas that can eliminate it. The only thing that exists are personalized therapies to improve the quality of life of children with autism. 10. Celiac disease can not create autism.
It's not like that. Children with autism have problems with eating, but it does not mean that an intolerance to gluten or lactose can lead to autism. There is no scientific demonstration of the relationship between gluten and autism. Yes there are eating disorders, because children with autism are very selective. They are also with food. Source: Laura Hijosa and José Antonio Meleno (Federación Autismo Madrid)
