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I am happy to share the recording of my case based discussion on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), organised by assimilate by medvarsity.

In India, autism awareness has been steadily increasing, but there's still a significant need for more education and understanding. Educational initiatives can play a pivotal role in enhancing awareness by targeting various stakeholders, including teachers, parents, and the general public.

In my clinical practice, so many children come for consultation after they are advised by teachers. It will be worth thinking to incorporate modules on autism awareness and inclusion into teacher training programs that will not only help in early diagnosis and interventions but knowledge and skills will also support students with autism effectively. In addition to it, seminars for parents will provide valuable insights into understanding and accepting their children's unique needs.

Leveraging digital platforms and social media can help to amplify outreach by reaching parents and teachers to resource constrains areas.

By embracing more and more such educational initiatives, India can foster a more inclusive society where individuals with autism are valued, supported, and empowered to reach their full potential.

If you have questions related to Autism and other developmental and Behavioral concerns for your child, feel freee to reach out to me here or mail me at [email protected]

Case Discussion on Autism : Assimilate.One Dr. Shubham Roy on the occasion of Autism Awareness month discusses about Autism in children

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Visual perceptual skills enable a child to make sense of and interpret what they are seeing and give meaning to it. Vision sends a large amount of information to our brain, which processes the information and allows us to form a perception that helps us take action. Visual perceptual involves elements like the ability to find hidden objects, fill in missing options, find discrimination with different objects, etc. Some strategies help your child with visual perception. Spotting the difference between two alike images helps in improving visual discrimination. Provide some construction toys to play with. Copying the image and patterns Puzzles, sorting objects of different sizes.

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Strategies to avoid mouthing.
- Drinking through a straw
- Give crunchy snacks
-Bubble blow
- Providing hard candies
-Whistle
-Musical instruments
Mouthing or oral-seeking behaviour is developmentally appropriate for infants. It helps the Child to explore the world around leading to Sensorimotor development. This behaviour typically reduces by the age of
18- 20 months. But, if children continue this behaviour concern should be given as they are engaging themselves in the oral seeking behaviour. The child uses the oral seeking sensory inputs which involves the excessive
mouthing of the items to self-regulate and self-soothe. Children can put everything in their mouths when they are sensory-overloaded.
Here are some strategies to help with this
behaviour:
Giving crunchy snacks or textures such as celery, carrots, popcorn, etc.
Drinking water or thicker liquids through a straw will provide even more input.
Chewing hard candies or lollies but not
recommended for children under 3 years.
Musical instruments like a harmonica.

Children can learn a lot about the world and themselves via play. It aids in the overall growth of the kids. Children learn to think, create, explore, solve issues, assume roles, and communicate through play. The child can develop self-esteem, social skills, independence, emotional management, and self-discipline through play. Play benefits kids. Understanding improves children's capacity for self-regulation, emotional stability, and adjustment.

Visual schedules are graphic representation of scheduled tasks and activities. It helps reduce anxiety by providing consistency.

Benefits of using visual schedules are :
*It builds independence by reducing adult support
*Helps the child in transition
*It is transferable between environments and people.
*It provides predictability by showing the order of events.

There is a lot of evidence to back up the use of visual schedules for children with autism.
Visual schedules open the door for communication, increasing the child's ability to interact with his/her surroundings.

Early intervention is a system of services that provides support & services to babies & toddlers in acquiring skills that typically develop during the first three years of life.
Early intervention covers a wide range of assistance so that babies & toddlers can develop, learn and grow to reach their fullest potential. Early intervention services are important to improving a child's overall development as well as benefiting the family by strengthening & empowering them.

Pre-writing needs to develop before children can write. It involves the child's ability to hold and use a pencil.
It begins during the child's preschool age. It encourages and supports your children to begin writing. It helps in generating new ideas, sparks creativity, builds confidence and also improves fine motor skills.
The pre-writing component involves the pre-writing shapes that involve copying and tracing strokes as /, _, 0, etc.
PRE-WRITING SKILLS TASKS
drawing
Tracing shapes and patterns
Matching dots to dots
Puzzles
Finger painting
Crafts activities
Writing on sand or rice.

Following strictly the above control suggestions will assist to decorate a child's growth and development.
Early detection and intervention of ADHD will help lessen the severity of signs and symptoms and decrease the interference of behavioural symptoms which influences different areas of a child's functioning.

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