Contents:
- Medical Video: Autism Myths and Facts
- 1. Myth: immunization given to children can cause the child to experience autism
- 2. Myth: all autistic children are usually geniuses
- 3. Myth: Autistic children have no emotions and cannot feel love
- 4. Myth: autism can be cured
- 5. Myth: children with autism cannot change and cannot live independently
- 6. Myth: children who have autism cannot speak
- 7. Myth: Autism syndrome is a brain disorder
- 8. Myth: only boys experience autism syndrome
Medical Video: Autism Myths and Facts
Autistic children are often ostracized and belittled by those around them. Autism syndrome is a mental disorder syndrome that occurs in children caused by various things. According to Control of Disease Center data, it is known that there is 1 percent of children who experience autism in the world in 2014. While the incidence of autism is getting more years, it is increasing.But this increase in incidence is not accompanied by a good understanding of autism syndrome.
Children with autism syndrome usually cannot communicate with others and have their own world. This causes many people who see autistic children as one eye. Besides that there are various other assumptions such as, vaccines in children can cause autism or this syndrome cannot be cured. Then, are all these facts true? Here are the myths and facts related to autism syndrome.
1. Myth: immunization given to children can cause the child to experience autism
Fact: a lot of research and even immunization-related debates have been cited as the causes of autism syndrome. But in August the 2011 Institute of Medicine found that there was indeed no relationship between immunization and autism and this was supported by more than 1,000 studies. So, immunization is safe and must be done to prevent children from experiencing infectious diseases.
2. Myth: all autistic children are usually geniuses
Fact: every child has a different level of intelligence and ability, as well as children who have autism. Not all children with autism syndrome have a high IQ and IQ scores can be influenced by various things. So having autism syndrome does not make a child a genius.
3. Myth: Autistic children have no emotions and cannot feel love
Fact: Children who experience autism are like healthy and normal children, they can feel the love given by those around them. Not only that, they can also feel stressed, even angry. The notion that they have no emotion arises because autistic children cannot express like normal children. They have their own way of expressing their feelings and some of them have difficulty expressing it in facial expressions.
4. Myth: autism can be cured
Fact: until now there is no drug used to cure autism children. Autism syndrome is a biological condition that cannot be cured. But this does not mean there is no medical treatment that can be done to reduce the symptoms and signs that occur in children with autism.
Autistic children need proper therapy and handling early, so that children can quickly adapt, communicate better, and socialize with their friends. Indeed, it takes time to change behavior and teach them to adapt to their environment, but with the intervention done early can effectively help their social life.
5. Myth: children with autism cannot change and cannot live independently
Fact: Autism syndrome is not a static condition, but symptoms and signs will change over time. Most autism children are given treatment and therapy, the symptoms that arise will improve with age. However, in some cases in autistic children who do not get good therapy and treatment, then with their age, the symptoms that appear can get worse, such as experiencing seizures or epilepsy.
Actually children who experience autism syndrome need more support and attention throughout their lives. That way, they can develop, work like normal people, and even live independently.
6. Myth: children who have autism cannot speak
Fact: Autism syndrome can occur with different symptoms in each child. Some children may have difficulty communicating verbally, but some can speak and communicate even if they use limited words. But, actually all children who experience autism can learn and practice to communicate and speak well and correctly. Therefore, treatment and therapy are needed for autistic children.
7. Myth: Autism syndrome is a brain disorder
Fact: autism is a disorder of a person's mental and nerve development. And the symptoms that arise are not only related to brain problems. Children with autism often experience digestive disorders and are allergic to various things.
8. Myth: only boys experience autism syndrome
Fact: not only men can get autism, but girls have the same possibilities. Autism syndrome can occur to anyone regardless of ethnicity, ethnicity, age group, and gender.
