Children with Autism Can Forward

Children with autism can make progress and overcome underdevelopment. In Indonesia, public access to information or support personnel handling children with autism is limited. This raises flavor despair, restlessness, and confusion parents.

This was stated by Gayatri Pamoedji, founder of the Autism Community Care (Mpati) as well as a family counselor, in the event of "Questions and Answers About Autism" on Saturday (3/4). In the activity organized within the framework welcome the Day of World Autism Awareness 2010 that is launched also book works of Gayatri Questions and Answers about Autism.

Autism is a complex developmental disorder in children. Symptoms often appear before the child was 3 years old. Disorders that affect the ability to communicate, interact socially, and behavior (in his own life). It is estimated, about 67 million people in the world bearing the autism. Autism is believed to be a serious developmental disorder that rise rapidly in the world.

Gayatri said, children with autism can make progress. Therefore, accurate diagnosis is needed, appropriate education, and strong support. "However, parents should be patient. There are no good therapies that are given an instant improvement, "said Gayatri, mother of autistic adolescents.

In his book, Gayatri explained, in developed countries are not a few children with autism grow into independent and successful.

Not all children with autism have low intelligence. There is an average, normal, even above average. In general, children can be said to be "cured" if it is able to live independently (according to age level), normally behave, communicate, and socialize with the smooth. It depends on the degree of severity of autism, age, level of intelligence, and language skills of children. Characteristic of autism would disappear entirely.

Gayatri believe, with the availability of fairly accurate information, education facilities, and proper training and strong support from the government and the wider community, the future of children with autism would be better.

Not yet certain

Igor Tabrizian, autism and nutrition experts from Australia, which became one of the speakers, said that autism treatment is basically to be done systematically with emphasis to the improvement of the digestive system, brain, drain toxins, especially heavy metals from the body.

He also believes that proper diet can be very beneficial for children with autism.

While the cause of autism is still not clear. Some of the suspected triggers include genetic, heavy metal content, problems during pregnancy.