AUTISM; INCLUSIVITY and ACCEPTANCE

HALIMA SAADIA SAEED Blogger, Researcher

Not everyone sees the game the same way, or paint a scene on a canvas within lines. Autism is like a rainbow. It has a bright shades and darker shades, but every shade is an important and beautiful.

Today is #World Autism. The World Autism Awareness Day is commemorated every year on April 2, to spread awareness and identify the problems faced by autistic individuals. Together we can create a kinder, more inclusive World Day.

What is Autism?

It is a neurodevelopment disorder by deficits in social and language .the word #autism was made in 1911 by psychiatric Eugen Bleuler.

Here is a list of people who researchers and psychiatrists believe had autism:

1. Albert Einstein2. Emily Dickeson
3. Charlwes Darwin
4. Sir Isaac Newton
5. Michealangelo

Inclusive education involves educators and schools creation a promise to construct and preserve a sense of belonging for all students. Embrace this frame of mind: Each child has gifts and energies to join a classroom. Children with autism are brawny and able – not weak or with inborn shortfall.
What do students with autism fight with?

Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can struggle with focus, interest, transitions, association, memory, time board, emotional power and irritation.

Inclusive education involves educators and schools creation a promise to construct and preserve a sense of belonging for all students. Embrace this frame of mind: Each child has gifts and energies to join a classroom. Children with autism are brawny and able – not weak or with inborn shortfall.

WHY INCLUSION IS IMPORTANT?

* The practice of inclusion is based upon protecting children’s access to education and benefitting from such practice. For those with ASD, proposed benefits often center on improved social acceptance and improved social communication, and peers play a critical role in these outcomes.

* Likewise, peer-mediated practices in elementary school would be a better practice to improve the quality and quantity of social interactions for students with ASD.

* Of course, other barriers to appropriate inclusive education exist. We have found that the majority of educational professionals support inclusion, but they often report having Peer attitudes impact. Peer attitudes towards individuals with ASD also impact the likelihood of social interaction, which is important, as peers are the primary players in facilitating or hindering acceptance in the classroom.

* Inclusive education for students with ASD has strong roots in social justice movements to end discrimination towards individuals with disabilities. Educational research and practice is catching up with this philosophical stance. The emphasis on inclusion across the “educational lifespan” will continue.

ACCEPT the autistic people as they are.

There should be therapies and interventions for autism.
There should be therapies who are competently informed about autism. There should be psychologists interested in learning about autistic people, researching how ableism oppresses them, and advocating with them to push for structural changes to dismantle ableism.

What’s important is that DO NOT COMPARE autistic individuals to others. “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

There is no reliable epidemiological data on the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder in Pakistan and also still struggling for inclusion in general settings. Some studies which have been conducted either are hospital based or have been done in children with autism in special schools, and therefore it may be difficult to generalize the results to other settings.

I would like to share the words of autistic child’s mother here:
“Everything I do, I do for him. I want to make him proud. He doesn’t get that opportunity, so I am doing for both of us”.

We should accept and respect.

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