This is a more than appropriate time to think about something: the inclusion of autistic people has not yet been achieved. We do not yet cover all your needs and potentials; and what’s even more serious is that the population still doesn’t understand what children and adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are like.
It was in 2007 that the United Nations General Assembly decided to set a date to highlight the need to contribute to the improvement of these people’s daily lives, with the intention not only of promoting their integration, but of enabling each of them, in their great uniqueness, to fully enjoy society, life and dreams.
- We must not forget that this neurological and developmental condition is within a broad spectrum.
- So there are people with more severe limitations related to communication and autonomy.
- And people with Asperger’s who excel in their intellectual abilities.
Each person is unique, extraordinary and needs our understanding to attain fullness and happiness, like each of us.
Generally, the word? It is used in a pejorative way. It is used to refer to the classical person away from reality. We have come to forget that humans are not machines and that there are a wide variety of manifestations of this neurological condition.
A condition that affects thousands of people who, although they have reached adulthood, have not yet been diagnosed and are unaware that they are also on the spectrum.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) conducted a survey to learn about the incidence of this disorder on the population; in 2008, it was estimated that one in 88 children had this condition. Some of them would have characteristics and behaviors that were difficult to perceive, while others would be quickly identified, either by the family or by the school itself.
However, to this day it is not yet known why, in certain situations, a baby ends up developing such a particular brain structure, a structure in which there is hyperconi connectivity, an excess of neural bodies in white matter, branches of dendrites too dense and deep. .
All of this sets up a brain with language problems, with changes in executive processes such as attention, sociability problems, as well as clear sensory hypersensitivity.
However, within these neurological singularities with greater or lesser impact on each individual, there is one thing to always keep in mind: people with autism spectrum disorders get excited, feel, love and dream!
First, people with autism feel emotions like any of us; However, feeling is not the same as understanding; In addition, what happens in many cases is that they are overwhelmed by these emotional states and do not know how to deal with them.
Similarly, they can also identify other people’s feelings; however, they don’t know how to react or what to do.
They pick up social cues, but they don’t understand, observe, but they don’t see or understand what’s expected of them in certain circumstances, but that doesn’t mean they don’t feel, or that they don’t feel. are unable to love or fall in love.
Because they do it, in their own way, with their own language
People with autism need social empowerment. First, get respect and support from people with more serious illnesses, such as Rett syndrome or Heller syndrome; second, so that every child or adult with Asperger’s autism or more or less functional can fully realize its potential, feeling integrated.
Within this precious collective, there are individuals and families who deserve our full recognition for every effort made, for every difficulty overcome, so the fact that a person does not use verbal communication, for example, does not mean that he is less intelligent or less intelligent. you have nothing to say.
Similarly, the empowerment of people with autism needs another point of support, if we want to understand them we must enter their world in one way or another.
Most of them do not perceive autism as a kind of disability, even as a problem, because these people are not, in any way they are defective. They are different, have unique skills and can contribute to a society that is beginning to accept diversity.