Children with autism have multiple symptoms that can be recognized since they were born. When he was three years old, the symptoms are more clearly visible. As stated Roselyn Saez, practitioners of children with special needs, Linguistic Council Indonesia in the seminar "Your Child is Special" at the Tower of brass Jakarta, Saturday (7 / 11).
People with autism have some characteristics such as difficulty communicating and socializing. People with autism do not know how to express joy or sadness. They also do not know how to communicate.
"An autistic child does not know how to call his mother, they will hurt themselves, hitting him until his mother came, that's one way they called her mother," said Roselyn.
According to Roselyn, people with autism often speaks with a monotonous tone and without expression. Sometimes they repeat the words of others that they heard, or so-called echolalia.
Apart from weak communication, people with autism often acting weird like always repeating the same activity every day. "For example, they wear school uniforms. First wear clothes, they wear pants, all three wearing shoes, always regularly because they are difficult to organize," says Roselyn.
Roselyn also gave an example, a student with autism do not have the fear of danger. "A student who was two years old I like to go up to the fourth floor, leaned down, only to get the sensation of horror, he did not know that danger," he said.
In addition, children with autism also have excessive obsession towards something. For example, they obsess on the numbers, then they will continue to pay attention to the numbers, or obsessing on the rope, they will playing rope continuously. "People with autism are also sensitive to touch. They can hurt just because a small touch," he said.
Nevertheless, there are unique advantages possessed with autistic children. They can recall in detail and accurate information. Their visual memory is also very good and able to concentrate on certain subjects or work in a period of time.
Children with autism require special treatment and handling early on. There are several treatment that can be done such as providing special education, occupational therapy such as therapy for patients with stroke, speech therapy and language therapy, physical therapy to train
People with autism have some characteristics such as difficulty communicating and socializing. People with autism do not know how to express joy or sadness. They also do not know how to communicate.
"An autistic child does not know how to call his mother, they will hurt themselves, hitting him until his mother came, that's one way they called her mother," said Roselyn.
According to Roselyn, people with autism often speaks with a monotonous tone and without expression. Sometimes they repeat the words of others that they heard, or so-called echolalia.
Apart from weak communication, people with autism often acting weird like always repeating the same activity every day. "For example, they wear school uniforms. First wear clothes, they wear pants, all three wearing shoes, always regularly because they are difficult to organize," says Roselyn.
Roselyn also gave an example, a student with autism do not have the fear of danger. "A student who was two years old I like to go up to the fourth floor, leaned down, only to get the sensation of horror, he did not know that danger," he said.
In addition, children with autism also have excessive obsession towards something. For example, they obsess on the numbers, then they will continue to pay attention to the numbers, or obsessing on the rope, they will playing rope continuously. "People with autism are also sensitive to touch. They can hurt just because a small touch," he said.
Nevertheless, there are unique advantages possessed with autistic children. They can recall in detail and accurate information. Their visual memory is also very good and able to concentrate on certain subjects or work in a period of time.
Children with autism require special treatment and handling early on. There are several treatment that can be done such as providing special education, occupational therapy such as therapy for patients with stroke, speech therapy and language therapy, physical therapy to train
their muscles, applied behavioral analysis to help recognize which behavior is positive or negative, picture exchange communication system, which is a method of learning through pictures, expressing words through pictures that easy to catch people with autism.
Roselyn also said there was no exact cause of children suffering from autism. Could be due to the environment, or the pattern of the mother's health during pregnancy, can also influence gene. "Unkown, it is unknown precisely because it causes all sorts," says Roselyn.
Seminar on "Your Child is Special" introduces some features of children with special needs, education, and how to build a good relationship with them. The seminar was organized by the Linguistic Council of Indonesia in cooperation with the Shining Stars, Brass Family and Community Center, and HOPE Worldwide Indonesia.
