Painting, Therapy For Autism

Completed had 12 paintings in the hands of Edwin Makarim (Edo), 13. In the "faults", since February 2008 Primary School pupil Al-Falah Ciracas, East Jakarta, were actively ran a sponge on canvas House Painting Pak Alianto. "I paint every Saturday and holidays from 9 to finish," he said. For him, scraping the color on the canvas has more meaning than for children in general.

At birth, Edo has decreased the number of grains of red blood-brain injury resulted because of a lack of oxygen supply. As a result, the sweet black boy struggling to improve his body's motor system. The path chosen mother, Revita Tantri, are invited Edo painting practice. This option is appropriate. The ideal of a painter is not a dream for Edo. The teacher, Alianto-Chairman of the Red Carnation-studio said Edo great talent in the field of painting. "Every child seems to be directed if you have the talent to paint," said Alianto, the news media exhibition and auction of paintings entitled "Mother Love Taking Young Painters", last week at the Crown Hotel, Jakarta.

Now scratch hand and lined up parallel to rely Edo with 29 other young artists. On canvas, Edo set up a white mosque with three domes yellow porch. The mosque is on the hill near the beach is overgrown with lush green trees. Flushed with yellow sky, marking the fall of the sun from his throne.

According Alianto, so extraordinary color combinations. The work was created during the Edo period of three weeks within 6 hours, or rather in three meetings. Lampung is taught painter Edo with an intensive approach. He gave an example of interesting objects and with patience. "Try one object only once," he said. Once the child shows interest, he directs. Usually Alianto guiding students from the age of 5 years. Little by little, not to 3.5 years, usually the child is already generating a good painting. He assessing children with special needs have the talent to be unearthed.

According to the Foundation Chairman Dr. Melly Budhiman Autisma Indonesia, painting is an effective therapy for children with special needs.

"Most of them, poor fine motor skills," she said. Painting can touch the emotions that the boy is more calm. Because cognitive neuroscience make tick, especially when they mix colors on canvas. Difficulties interacting and communicating with the outside world can also be channeled through this work. In addition, the world of painting is an organization for mothers to show support for the child. Plus it also can foster self-esteem through the scratch hands. Around us, says Melly, in fact many children with autism. However, there has never been an official survey showing the prevalence.

Through a recent study, researchers from the Department of Radiology Children's Hospital of Philadelphia revealed that the brains of autistic children react more slowly to sounds than normal children. Timothy Roberts, who led the research, calling it these findings support the evidence of the theory that autism is a disruption in connectivity in the brain.

Robert and his team studied 30 children with autism aged 6-15 years. Participants were asked to listen to the sounds and syllables, then the tiny magnetic fields produced by electrical brain was monitored. The study used a technique magnetoencephalography (MEG), similar helmets used to detect brain activity.

When compared to the brains of normal children, autistic child's brain is 20-50 percent slower when responding. For a single syllable in a word that has a few syllables, it will take approximately 0.25 minutes to speak. Robert mentions this condition indicates a disturbance in connectivity in the brain. "If it might be described as a dense motorway making it difficult to pass," he describes a meeting of the Radiological Society of North America recently. As quoted from Yahoonews, he cited the delay in responding can serve as an early sign of autism patients. Because of this wide spectrum of abnormalities, the patient also has a variety of levels of disturbance.