Many researchers have documented the complexities of neuronal connection and the spectrum of clinical features, autistic children could present with. However, the individualized interventional measures that when applied early, could help these children have a better quality of life is rarely discussed.
What can we do differently to enable better outcomes in these children?
Indeed the individual interventions for children with Autism have been challenging and still are however, the involvement of parents and families of the children in question adds value to the intervention to work. For instance for me I am a Qigong sensory therapist for children with autism here in Uganda. What I have seen is that when the parents or a family member is fully involved in the intervention many positive results begin to show up in the child. Where only the therapist is taking solo role in the intervention, it makes it a little hard to achieve the intended results.
Because of the complex nature of ASD and the range of symptomatology, individualized interventions are the best way to treat this population. As with any person in treatment, social support is one of the best places to start since follow-through and continuation of the treatment have to be fluent for the treatment to be consistent for the individual to expect results in their environment over time. Consistency over time is best. No one is perfect, however, the more people involved and providing the support, the better the result for the child with ASD would turn out.
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