It is really difficult to take care of a person with autism. During our class we were lucky enough to have these two parents share their experience about their son named Marcus who was diagnosed in the spectrum for Autism. The mothers name was Sadie and the fathers name was Rodie I believe. Some of the potential difficulties of having a child with autism are because they have trouble with communication and socialization. Another reason that can be considered a potential difficulty is that they have restricted and repetitive behavior. a child with autism can show a lack of seeking to share enjoyment, interest, or achievements with other people. They also lack in identifying and responding appropriately to other’s emotional States. For example,
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Lastly, Children with autism have a preoccupation with one or more restricted pattern of interest, abnormal in intensity or focus. An example for this can be food preference. Marcus’ parents mentioned how he would only eat a few foods and that they had trouble trying to get him too try new foods. I found it interesting how the dad mentioned that Marcus would eat a sandwich. Marcus wouldn’t eat the sandwich as a whole. His dad explained that he would eat what was inside first like the turkey, then cheese, etc. and he would eat the bread last. His dad also explained how Marcus would only eat this certain turkey breast and that he would know whenever it wasn’t that type and that if it wasn’t that certain type then he wouldn’t eat the sandwich. These where some of the routines and rituals that Marcus …show more content…
The dad mentioned that he started to notice odd traits quite early on Marcus. He explained how Marcus would react to his face expressions as much and he just felt like Marcus had no connection with him. They ended up seeking for help so they went to a pediatrician, but the pediatrician told them not to worry because many children are being over diagnosed these days. Next, they ended up seeing a neurologist and the neurologist told the parents that Marcus was aloof. The parents mentioned how the neurologist only observed Marcus for less than 10 minutes playing with toys in order for him to tell the parents that Marcus was aloof. The mother also mention how he was tested with the brain scan, but he passed that with flying colors. The doctors ended up diagnosing Marcus with PDDNOS. The fact that the dad took this harder than the mom was surprising to me. The parents mentioned how the dad was the one that seemed more worried than the mom. You would expect the mom to be more worried but that wasn’t the case. The mother mentioned how they got help from Alta regional and also from their parents by being caregivers. Another thing that I though was really interesting about Marcus was that he had a really good memory at an early age. His dad mentioned how Marcus probably knows all the streets of Roseville by now. I thought that was really impressive. Also another thing I found impressive was when the parents thought he
Lastly, Children with autism have a preoccupation with one or more restricted pattern of interest, abnormal in intensity or focus. An example for this can be food preference. Marcus’ parents mentioned how he would only eat a few foods and that they had trouble trying to get him too try new foods. I found it interesting how the dad mentioned that Marcus would eat a sandwich. Marcus wouldn’t eat the sandwich as a whole. His dad explained that he would eat what was inside first like the turkey, then cheese, etc. and he would eat the bread last. His dad also explained how Marcus would only eat this certain turkey breast and that he would know whenever it wasn’t that type and that if it wasn’t that certain type then he wouldn’t eat the sandwich. These where some of the routines and rituals that Marcus …show more content…
The dad mentioned that he started to notice odd traits quite early on Marcus. He explained how Marcus would react to his face expressions as much and he just felt like Marcus had no connection with him. They ended up seeking for help so they went to a pediatrician, but the pediatrician told them not to worry because many children are being over diagnosed these days. Next, they ended up seeing a neurologist and the neurologist told the parents that Marcus was aloof. The parents mentioned how the neurologist only observed Marcus for less than 10 minutes playing with toys in order for him to tell the parents that Marcus was aloof. The mother also mention how he was tested with the brain scan, but he passed that with flying colors. The doctors ended up diagnosing Marcus with PDDNOS. The fact that the dad took this harder than the mom was surprising to me. The parents mentioned how the dad was the one that seemed more worried than the mom. You would expect the mom to be more worried but that wasn’t the case. The mother mentioned how they got help from Alta regional and also from their parents by being caregivers. Another thing that I though was really interesting about Marcus was that he had a really good memory at an early age. His dad mentioned how Marcus probably knows all the streets of Roseville by now. I thought that was really impressive. Also another thing I found impressive was when the parents thought he