Challenges and solutions in the education of children with autism spectrum disorders

Luciana Pădeanu

doi:10.56663/rop.v13i1.76

Authors

Luciana Pădeanu School Center for Inclusive Education „Constantin Pufan” Timișoara, România

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56663/rop.v13i1.76

Keywords:

special child, autism spectrum disorder, early intervention, early infantile autism

Abstract

Having a child with autism is a challenge, an attempt to face all the situations and difficulties that arise, stress and helplessness, but also a blessing - that of having a special child. Because the development and recovery of the child with autism spectrum disorder depends, most of the time, on early intervention, a stressful and difficult period begins in the life of the child and the family. If for other children, the environment is a very strong stimulus, they learn everything naturally, on the go, in people with autism this process does not take place or is very reduced, so through early intervention, the world around the child begins to take on color and life, taking on a meaning for him as well.
For the acquisition of appropriate behaviors and accepted by society, but also development in the 5 areas of development: cognitive, psychomotor, language and communication, relationship and socialization and personal autonomy, assisting people with autism both in their „lonely world” and in the short moments in which they are present in our world, require an early approach from specialists and parents as co-therapists.

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