AUTISM

Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder with symptoms impaired social interaction, verbal and non-verbal communication, and characterized by restricted and repetitive behaviour. Signs can be usually notice in the first two years of child's life. Signs of autism often develop slowly, but sometimes children with autism reach their developmental milestones at a normal pace and then regress. The diagnostic for autism require that symptoms become apparent in early childhood, typically before age three.

 

Social interaction defect: Autistic infants show less attention to social stimuli like smiling and looking at others less often when interacting with them, and respond less to their own name. Autisticchild have less eye contact and turn-taking, and do not uses simple movements to express their emotions or demands, such as pointing at things that they want. Three- to five-year-old children with autism are less likely to exhibit social understanding, approach others spontaneously, imitate and respond to emotions, communicate nonverbally, and take turns with others

 

Verbal and non-verbal communication defect: children with autism do not develop enough natural speech so that they can communicate properly to meet their needs. Autistic child uses gestures more than speech to fulfil its demands. More over their gestures are less often integrated with words.

Repetitive behaviour: Autistic child shows repetitive or restricted behaviour such asStereotypy is repetitive movement, such as hand flapping, head rolling, or body rocking. Compulsive behaviour is intended and appears to follow rules, such as arranging objects in stacks or lines.

Resistance to change: Child with autism insisting that the things are not be moved or refusing to be interrupted in his task. Also restricted to sameness, involves an unvarying pattern of daily activities, such as an unchanging menu or a dressing ritual.

Ritualistic behaviour of autistic child is closely associated with sameness and an independent validation has suggested combining the two factors.

Restricted behaviour in autism is limited in focus, interest, or activity, such as stick to a particular T.V. show, toy or game.

Autistic child can also injure one -selfor can injure the other person, such as eye-poking, skin-picking, hand-biting and head-banging.

Homoeopathic treatment for autism

Homeopathy is a safe and gentle treatment for autism, we tries to identify the root cause of disease through a detail case history includes the current complaints of the patient, his past medical history, family history, birth history, nature and disposition of the patient and many other finer and characteristic factors. Homoeopathic medicines acts on dynamic plane and expels disease causing factors outwards and heals patient permanently. We had handled several cases of autism and provided satisfactory results.