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Community of @steemit, today April 2 is celebrated the world day of awareness of Autism, the intention to celebrate this day, is to better inform the general public about the realities of this development disorder. Autism is a very present reality since this type of disability affects 1 in 150 people worldwide.

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Autism is a disorder of mental development, which is characterized by motility and speech disorders and leads to the interruption of social interaction. This disease has a strong influence on the early development of the child and on the whole life of a person in the future. The observation of the child's behavior and communication with others is very important to make a diagnosis of autism.

Autistic children do not want to make friends. Such children prefer solitude instead of games with their peers. Autistic people develop speech slowly, often using gestures instead of words and not responding to smiles.

Recently, the awareness of autism has increased throughout the world. The rights of persons with disabilities, including those with autism, enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, are an integral part of the mandate of the United Nations.

For many people with autism, access to affordable assistance technology is a prerequisite for the realization of their basic rights and active participation in the life of the community, gradually contributing to the implementation of the SDGs. Assistance technologies can reduce or eliminate barriers to their participation on equal terms with others.

Despite technological advances, there are still serious barriers to the use of assistive technologies in the world, including the high cost of such technologies, their inaccessibility and lack of awareness of their potential. The available data indicate that in some developing countries, more than 50% of people with disabilities who need assistance devices can not obtain them.

Therefore, the theme of the Day in 2019 was chosen as the slogan "Assistive technologies, active participation", which indicates the role of assistive technologies as a tool to achieve equity, social justice and social integration, and Encourage the full participation of all people with autism. Your rights and fundamental freedoms.

One of the difficulties faced by parents of children with such disorders is the establishment of diagnosis and the establishment of effective care. The medical world is still too divided today and the various stakeholders have problems to reach an agreement.

As such, psychomotricists send children and families a message of support, hoping that the mobilization that is desired for the world day can continue to sensitize a maximum of actors around this cause.

The signs of autism may vary depending on the level of development of the child and his age, there are certain characteristics that describe the behavior of autism:

- Disturbed development of non-verbal communication and speech, such as: Lack of gestures and facial expressions. There may be no speech; The child never smiles at the speaker, does not look him in the eyes; Speech is normal, but the child can not talk to others; Speech is abnormal in content and form, that is, the child repeats phrases heard somewhere that are not relevant to this situation; Abnormal speech phonetically (problems of intonation, rhythm, monotony of speech).

- The deteriorated development of social skills, that is, children do not want to communicate and make friends with their peers; They ignore the feelings and existence of other people (including parents); They do not share their problems with their relatives, because they do not see the need for this; They never imitate the gestures of other people, nor repeat these actions unconsciously, without linking them in any way with the situation.

- Disturbed development of the imagination, which leads to a limited range of interests, such as: Unnatural, nervous, alienated behavior; An autistic child is hysterical when the environment changes; Preference is given to loneliness, to games with themselves; There is no imagination or interest in imaginary events; To a certain subject and experiencing an obsessive desire to have it constantly in your hands; Experiencing the requirement to repeat exactly the same actions; It concentrates on one thing.

People with autism are characterized by uneven development, which gives them the opportunity to be talented in some limited field (music, mathematics).


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