Typing Help Autistic Children Communicate

Typing Help Autistic Children Communicate
Children with autism often be difficult to express themselves and communicate with the outside world. By stimulating the senses, allowing autistic children to communicate, one to teach typing.

Ponsonby Jamie was autistic children from London who can not speak, and for years he was trapped in his own world. The family then teach typing.

Now the 13-year-old boy was not only able to express themselves, but also capable of writing poetry.

"It could ultimately make us communicate with Jamie and understand it better," said Serena, Jamie ibundan, as reported by the BBC on Wednesday (06/23/2010).

Serena said with this therapy he learned that his son is very interested in the ball and has a sense of humor. Jamie is also able to create beautiful poetry, feelings and emotions seem even above normal average child his age.

Method called facilitated intervention was first introduced in Australia in the 1970s, in which a person supports the client's hands, wrists or arms, while others help using the communicator to describe words, phrases, or sentences.

Richard Mills, research director of the Autism Research, says that cases like Jamie relatively unusual. Mills also revealed that the therapy is very controversial when viewed independently. But he said, typing does not work independently in some children with autism.

"We know that people with autism often require a longer processing time. They need these things in a visual form, so it tends to type using the keyboard is better," said Mills.

Serena is aware that her child bearing age with autism from 18 months to say that although Jamie typing slowly, about 2 weeks to type a poem, but it is a rapid development for him.

"We were taught to type at the age of 9 years after I read a book. After several years he began to read the signs and we saw that she could read. We have also started asking questions and he was going to type everything he knows," said Serena.