Autism
Friday, April 30th, 20102nd, April 2010 is the third World Autism Day. According to journalist’s survey from the Children’s Hospital in Guangzhou, more and more children are suffering Autism year by year and 70% to 80% sufferers are boys. As for Autism, there is no clear cause for the disease and many researchers think it is caused by gene as well as external environment. They have also found 7 to 8 genomes in patients’ body very often but external environment is the uncertain factor. There are some symptoms for Autism and related institute in America has published latest 13 features for Autism. Lag language skill and the lack of ability to communication with people are the most direct external performance. If kids have the following features for growth, they are likely suffering Autism:
1. Babies don’t show happiness when they glare their parents or people who look after them.
2. Babies can’t laugh after 2 months’ birth and they have very slow reaction for things around
3. Babies about 5 months old can not give sound for communication
4. Babies can’t recognize parents’ voice and they do not have response when called by parents
5. Babies can not communicate with others by eye contact
6. Babies can just give sound for communication after 9 months’ birth
7. Babies seldom use gesture such as moving hands
8. Babies repeat actions when they hold something
9. Babies can not speak a word when they are 16 months old
10. Babies can’t give sound or gesture for communication when they are 1 year old
11. Babies can not express with two words when they are 2 years old
12. Kids are lack of language skills though they can speak
13. Kids do not like imitating adults and they always repeat or make sentences by themselves.
A few people suffering Autism are genius such as Newton, Einstein, and Chen Jingruen etc. But for most ordinary people, Autism is a kind of terrible disease and parents, without exception, rack their brains to cure it. The following ways are for Autism treatment: firstly, sensory treatment. In other words, kids with Autism should be cured through auditory sense, tactile sensation and other sense organs training. Secondly, high frequency music treatment. Such treatment can not cure patients in a short term but it can mitigate autism. High frequency treatment can help kids communicate with others, talk to others actively, improve language skills and communicate with others by eye contact and so on. Thirdly, special training for activating brains. A teaching method called “ABA” in America has achieved much for patients’ treatment. Fourthly, “deep tone” treatment. It is also a kind of music cure. Fifthly, induction therapy. The therapy can activate, restore and re-arrange cell in brain. Sixthly, diet treatment. The above 5 ways can be offered by hospital but the sixth way can be achieved by family itself. According to some report, gluten and casein can anesthetize nerves so controlling the two substances can help relieve symptoms of autism.
Autism, like depression, can be found all over the world and the number of patients is increasing year by year. Compared with adults, kids suffer autism much more so parents should pay much attention to kids. If kids show symptoms of autism, they should be treated as soon as possible. After all, the best time for treatment is the period when kids are 6 years old or below.

