Your Autistic Child Can Have a Better Life If you are a parent of a child recently diagnosed as autistic, it is important to know that with positive intervention, your child can have a better life.
As a parent, you may feel powerless to do anything on knowing of your child's diagnosis.
For the first time in your life, you are faced with startling and bewildering medical terms such as "Autism, Asperger syndrome, Rett Syndrome, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder" - and the worst thing to do is to allow yourself to fall into an abyss of self pity and worry, and not to do anything.
It is not the sin of your child to be autistic, neither should you allow the blame game to prey on your mind.
It is of utmost importance to know that you as the parent is the best person to play the active role of the "advocate" for your child who is autistic.
If you as the parent does not play that role, how will your little one fend for himself? Your role of advocate starts the moment you realize your autistic child needs you, and accept it that many autistic children have had a better quality of life with positive intervention than if left alone.
What do I mean by positive intervention for an autistic child? Really, you cannot fulfil a role without proper knowledge of what you should do.
Therefore, gaining knowledge about the intervention process is important.
Here, you are not alone, because there is a storehouse of experience provided by parents of autistic children, past and present who are able to help you.
Many parents of autistic children have laid out in full and in great detail in many forums, societies and associations, their past experiences which serve as guidelines on how to cope and work with their children in their own home and environment.
The Choices - Medical Therapy or Behavioral Therapy or Both? Of course, there are those who may opt fully and solely for a medical therapy - this is a choice for the parents to make.
But there are many stories of parents who have adopted both medication and behavioral therapy - including lifestyle adjustments - leading to substantial recoveries.
These stories and parental experiences when shared provide a ray of hope and indeed provide help for other parents with autistic children.
Specialized Schools for Autistic Children It is good also to seek out specialized schools for autistic children - whether in the private or public school system and talk with these educational providers.
These schools have well developed and specialized educational systems that help in educating the autistic child, and especially in training them with fundamental skills to help them in life as an adult.
Hope and Recovery You may feel drowned by the weight of knowing your child is autistic.
It is important not to let this feeling of helplessness to overwhelm yourself.
With systematic positive intervention, your autistic child has every chance to live a better life as an adult and to recover in many ways.
Do not events dampen the hope you have for your autistic child, but look forward to the time spent together in close bonding as you help him or her through her paces as you take up the mantle and role to intervene positively for the betterment of your autistic child.