Imagine sitting in a restaurant and you hear everything that is going on around you at the same ear-slitting volume. If you had to cope with this everyday, what would you do to make it cease? The scenario I just explained was a severe case of Autism. Children with Autism think, hear and act differently from everyday healthy children. Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that causes social, communication and behavioral impairments, in other words, one could say it is a complex social disorder. Autism affects the way people or children interact and communicate with others. ASD generally becomes apparent around or before the age of three and depending on their experiences and treatment, ASD could either worsen as
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Common symptoms of ASD are, social and communication deficiency, monotonous behaviors, and vulnerability to consciousness of sound, light or touch. Children or people with ASD in general have problems with understanding others emotions and behaviors. Say if an autistic child were to have a conversation with someone and the person began to lose interest in their conversation, the child with ASD would continue on the conversation because he/she does not understand that the other person has become bored. People might have contrasting degrees of understanding the nonverbal signs given by others, since ASD is a spectrum, it depends on the person's level or severity. Many children who battle ASD have trouble expressing their wants and needs, which provokes them to grab things and scream. For the older people with ASD, not being able to communicate with the people without ASD will make it difficult for them to make friends and connect with other people. While observing toddles in a nursery, it caught my attention that a child with ASD was playing by himself and refused to go play with the other children. The child had an exceedingly restricted attention to his toy truck and would not share his fascination with none other than himself. The young boy began to utter “truck, truck, truck” several times and still has yet to look up and share the joy. This is a significant symptom of ASD
Common symptoms of ASD are, social and communication deficiency, monotonous behaviors, and vulnerability to consciousness of sound, light or touch. Children or people with ASD in general have problems with understanding others emotions and behaviors. Say if an autistic child were to have a conversation with someone and the person began to lose interest in their conversation, the child with ASD would continue on the conversation because he/she does not understand that the other person has become bored. People might have contrasting degrees of understanding the nonverbal signs given by others, since ASD is a spectrum, it depends on the person's level or severity. Many children who battle ASD have trouble expressing their wants and needs, which provokes them to grab things and scream. For the older people with ASD, not being able to communicate with the people without ASD will make it difficult for them to make friends and connect with other people. While observing toddles in a nursery, it caught my attention that a child with ASD was playing by himself and refused to go play with the other children. The child had an exceedingly restricted attention to his toy truck and would not share his fascination with none other than himself. The young boy began to utter “truck, truck, truck” several times and still has yet to look up and share the joy. This is a significant symptom of ASD