Supporting people who are affected by autism is something we find extremely important and feel very passionate about, from experiencing certain aspects of it ourselves. Autism can be very misunderstood, and this can lead to discrimination and lack of empathy towards autistic people. Through this Blog we hope to inform more people of this disorder to reduce victimization towards these individuals. Hopefully by the end you will feel this is a worthwhile issue and maybe consider donating or contributing to the society in any way.
Autism is a spectrum condition, which means that, while all people with autism share certain difficulties, their condition will affect them in different ways. Some people with autism are able to live relatively independent lives but many others will need a lifetime of specialist support on order to keep themselves and others’ safe.
Here is a real-life story we believe will help you understand the difficulties and social situations included in autistic life.
‘We have adopted an adorable son called Freddie. When we first met him he looked lost and scared. Dear little Freddie was rejected by his birth mum and moved around five foster homes before we met him: hardly surprising he could not cope by the time he moved in with us. He bit, hit, head-butted, put his hands and fingers down his throat until he was sick, banged his head on the floor and nearly reduced us to quivering wrecks.’
It took us three months to access a behaviour psychologist and five years later we are still in therapy. At three-and-a-half years, Freddie was diagnosed as having ADHD and autism. ‘
‘It took five months of careful planning with many contacts to get this lovely child into school but in the end it turned out O.K and he is at the local primary school.’
‘Today Freddie is refusing to go to school again, because he hates the World War II project his class is doing; it scares him. He screams and refuses to enter the school, kicks the car, throws everything around the house...but tells us how much he loves us and why he cannot be evacuated. What more can anybody ask for?’
Now Freddie and his family are getting regular help from the NAS and four times a year someone comes to see Freddie at his new home.’
If you would like to consider donating in any way to the National Autistic Society you can reach their website at http://www.autism.org.uk/ If you could give even the smallest donation you could help autism be part of what someone is, not an inconvenience.
Did you know how widely people were affected by Autism?
Do you know feel more informed about the issues families affected by the disorder have?
After reading this would you be willing to do any if the following things to support this issue…
If you could spend just another 2 minutes to express your thoughts and opinions of this matter and answer the questions below
- Support or start a campaign to solve the issues Autism presents
- Volunteer for the National Autistic Society (here’s a link http://www.autism.org.uk/get-involved/volunteer.aspx
- Make a donation of whatever amount
- Tell your family or friends about the issue and convince them to do the same (so as to widen the knowledge of Autism)
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