21. Autism
Autism
What do you know about Autism?
People with Autism Spectrum Disorder are part of a distinctive group with common characteristics.
If you really want to help individuals to learn and develop, it is essential that those around them understand Autistic Spectrum Disorder and assist the individual to develop by providing structured teaching. In here we need to organize the physical environment and develop schedules and work systems which incorporate the use of visual material to make expectations clear and explicit.
If we consider about the physical environment, a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder perceive the world differently and most of them have difficulties making sense out of a lot of details.
People with Autistic Spectrum Disorder first of all see the detail, and then try to get the meaning. Therefore it is necessary to adapt the environment to suit each individual, to ensure that everything abstract (vague or theoretical e.g the concept of time) is made concrete and to ensure that structured teaching is carried out in the appropriate context.
Always there should be limited stimulation as If too much stimulation (something that produces a reaction/response) is available; people with Autistic Spectrum Disorder are unable to grasp the meaning, particularly if stimuli change all the time. Consistency in the environment, approaches and positive routines may assist the young person to cope with daily living.
When adapting the environment, it is important to clear work areas/rooms of any unnecessary stimuli in order to allow the individual to understand the task and focus on what is expected of him.
Some children with ASD may:
• Have a need for consistency of approach and for environment and routines to remain unchanged.
• Need flexibility to be specifically introduced.
• Need visual supportive environment encouraged.
• Have difficulty knowing how to spend time if it is unstructured.
• Have difficulty understanding the need for social interaction.
• Find it difficult to play imaginatively, e.g. use toys as objects.
• Exhibit unusual or repetitive behaviors, such as spinning and head banging.
• Have sensory processing difficulties which lead to an extremely high tolerance to heat and/or pain.
• Be over sensitive and become overwhelmed by the noises of equipment or other people, smells and visual stimulation.
• Not be aware of the consequences of actions or of danger.
• Dislike going in a car and adaptive equipment may need to be considered in order to keep the child safe.
• Have gross or fine motor difficulties e.g. find it difficult to manipulate objects
People with Autistic Spectrum Disorder first of all see the detail, and then try to get the meaning
Through the resources
written by
Kithma Wasana Dahanayake
Occupational Therapist
What do you know about Autism?
People with Autism Spectrum Disorder are part of a distinctive group with common characteristics.
If you really want to help individuals to learn and develop, it is essential that those around them understand Autistic Spectrum Disorder and assist the individual to develop by providing structured teaching. In here we need to organize the physical environment and develop schedules and work systems which incorporate the use of visual material to make expectations clear and explicit.
If we consider about the physical environment, a child with Autism Spectrum Disorder perceive the world differently and most of them have difficulties making sense out of a lot of details.
People with Autistic Spectrum Disorder first of all see the detail, and then try to get the meaning. Therefore it is necessary to adapt the environment to suit each individual, to ensure that everything abstract (vague or theoretical e.g the concept of time) is made concrete and to ensure that structured teaching is carried out in the appropriate context.
Always there should be limited stimulation as If too much stimulation (something that produces a reaction/response) is available; people with Autistic Spectrum Disorder are unable to grasp the meaning, particularly if stimuli change all the time. Consistency in the environment, approaches and positive routines may assist the young person to cope with daily living.
When adapting the environment, it is important to clear work areas/rooms of any unnecessary stimuli in order to allow the individual to understand the task and focus on what is expected of him.
Some children with ASD may:
• Have a need for consistency of approach and for environment and routines to remain unchanged.
• Need flexibility to be specifically introduced.
• Need visual supportive environment encouraged.
• Have difficulty knowing how to spend time if it is unstructured.
• Have difficulty understanding the need for social interaction.
• Find it difficult to play imaginatively, e.g. use toys as objects.
• Exhibit unusual or repetitive behaviors, such as spinning and head banging.
• Have sensory processing difficulties which lead to an extremely high tolerance to heat and/or pain.
• Be over sensitive and become overwhelmed by the noises of equipment or other people, smells and visual stimulation.
• Not be aware of the consequences of actions or of danger.
• Dislike going in a car and adaptive equipment may need to be considered in order to keep the child safe.
• Have gross or fine motor difficulties e.g. find it difficult to manipulate objects
People with Autistic Spectrum Disorder first of all see the detail, and then try to get the meaning
Through the resources
written by
Kithma Wasana Dahanayake
Occupational Therapist
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