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13 essential Steps For your Child’s Recovery from Autism
It is very natural for all parents to go through a ‘difficult period’ initially once they come to know about their child ‘s autism issue. My advise would be’ please don’t despair’ even if your pediatrician has taken away every bit of hope of your child’s recovery from autism. I have seen plenty of cases recovering or becoming quite significantly better after early behavior and Homeopathic intervention. You can believe me because I have huge experience in dealing with Autism. My Clinic deals with nearly 3-5 new cases of autism every day and a follow-up of at least dozen Autism cases every day.
Autism Intervention -Earlier the Better
Start early. Once the diagnosis is done, it is very essential to come to terms with the diagnosis as fast as possible. I have seen that most of the parents struggle with the diagnosis for months or years together, which is extremely harmful for the child. Early intervention has a very important role in the recovery of the child from autism.
Making sure of the Autism Diagnosis
In a very young child, lets say between 18- 24 months, the diagnosis is difficult and it becomes all the more difficult if the child has mild problem. Taking the child to your Family doctor or a pediatrician can at times delay the diagnosis as some of them might be not clinically trained to identify Autism Spectrum Disorder ( I could be wrong here , as the clinical training differs from country to country and also the experience and the awareness has a strong bearing on the knowledge of the Pediatrician.). A Neuro developmental specialist is the right person for diagnosis. One diagnostic sign that I have always found very useful in diagnosing Autism Early is how the child reacts to his name being called out. Especially, when a stranger is calling it out. If out of ten, the child is responding less than 7 -8 times when a stranger calls out his name, there is a strong chance that the child could be falling in the Autism Spectrum.
Bottom-line if you suspect that your child has autism; please take him to the right place for diagnosis as fast as possible. And if your fears are confirmed, Start Behavior and Homeopathic Intervention as fast as possible .
Understand what has happened to your Child.
If you can leave the medical diagnosis aside, Take a brief pause and understand what has happened to your Child ( it will help you in his recovery ). It seems that the child has slipped into his own world . He is less connected to the world around him . His mind is getting trained to be in his own world . He is self – stimulating because of that . Prevent that . This is stopping him from learning new things
Autism Confirmed -Time to go all guns blazing
Its now or never, you cant afford delay in this matter. Put all your energy into pulling your child out of the world that he has slipped into. ‘Concentrated effort’ is what is required , I have realized that parents who put in all their resources early ; whether it time or available manpower , stand a very good chance of seeing a recovery in their Child’s Autism problem.
Autistic Kids -A big No To Regular School
I was treating a child who was three and a half with moderate level of Autism and no speech . This child after 3-4 months of Homeopathic Treatment developed speech and could speak between 20-30 odd words although they were just single words . Then suddenly he started losing all what he had learnt. After good deal of discussion with the parents , I found out that the mother had put the child into a regular primary school . This School had no Special infrastructure for handling autism . I asked the mother to go and observe the child in the school . She reported back after 2- 3 days that the child was not being attended well in the class and was quite isolated . He was also self Stimulating in school. As per my advise , the parents withdrew him from school , he started gaining back his speech and was back on the road to recovery from autism . I would suggest that one should avoid school for kids with autism in early stage . Child should be only put in school , only if the school provides a dedicated shadow teacher . Regular schools should be completely avoided ; in fact they can work against your child’s improvement . The big reason for not putting your child into school is that it causes pure regression as the child gets good enough time to be into his own world, hence his learning is not happening and also his mind is getting trained be in his own self.
Autism Therapist vs You
It is you and not the therapist who is going to make the big difference . Taking the child to a therapist has a pitfall . Most parents get relaxed and they stop working with the child as much as they should, once they are seeking help from a therapist. They completely overlook the stimulation that should be given at home. Its my personal experience with thousands of cases that I am writing this feature and have seen this fallout of the therapy in quite a number of cases. I will try and make myself more clear – If you are taking your child for therapy make sure that when the child is back home ,he should not get any free time in the house to slip into his own world. This slipping into his own self is the biggest impediment to his recovery . Most of our learning occurs from what we learn passively. When a child with autism slips into his self , his passive learning is not taking place hence he is not learning. Taking the child to the best therapist or the best therapy centre makes the parents believe that they are doing their bit and the child will automatically or over a period of time recover from autism because of the therapy he is receiving; where as what is actually happening is that the all the good work that therapist is doing , is getting anti doted by the hours of isolated state that the child slips into when he is back home. Once back home , keep up with the stimulation . Play , talk , dance …do all kind of activities . Keep him engaged in a loop with you and the regular world around him
Parents are the best Therapist for Autistic kids
There is no harm in engaging a therapist or taking your child to the Autism therapy centre as long as you are spending a lot of time with the child. I have always suggested parents to take more pro-active role in the execution of therapies. I have seen that children recover from autism more when their parents are actively involved in giving therapy to the child at home . Autism therapies are no rocket science ; one can easily learn them . There is a lot of information and videos available on the net . Try Searching You Tube for videos and you will find thousands of them. You are the best Therapist For him.
The Big Mantra in Autism Recovery Therapy – Stimulate & Simulate & Stimulate
As I already said autism therapy is no rocket science , the basic fundamental behind every therapy is to constantly engage with the child ; Never leave him alone .Don’t let him slip into his own world . This is what is most damaging for the child with autism. His slipping into his own self is keeping him away from learning new things hence he is not speaking and doing things. Constantly stimulate the child ; talk , play , dance . Engage with him in every moment . Do not leave him alone. You have to train his mind to be out of the Inward State . The whole exercise aims at training the mind to be constantly connected with outer world so that he can passively learn things.
Tv , iPad , iPhone etc Make your Child’s Autism Recovery Difficult
I have already written about dangers of television watching in my previous post and its suspected linkage to Autism . Please keep them away from gadgets . He is not learning anything from it ; most of the times they are a big fixation for them and are making things worse . I have seen miraculous results in hundreds of cases where the kids were pulled away from gadgets . These gadgets promote their self stimulatory Behaviour.
What Working mothers with Autistic Kids should do for recovery ?
Its now or never . If you are not the only bread-earner in the family , leave your job and be with your child for an year( if you have caught him early) . Early intervention with Right Homeopathic treatment can really pull your child out of Autism Spectrum . Prioritise your child’s Recovery . Unfortunately you might not get this opportunity to revert back his state after an year . Another advise that I have always given to mothers and has really helped many kids is that the mothers should match their Sleep Rhythm with that off the child . It really helps them to focus more on the child and gives more ‘High energy Time’ for the mothers to engage with the child .It is about matching your peak energy hours with that of the child .
I have often observed this ,that once the Parents come to know about their child’s autism issue , working mothers tend to do their office work from home ; this again can be a misleading situation . In my experience noting major is achieved by this in most of the cases.The child will still be getting a lot of time to be into his own world. For what I have said in the last few lines might differ from case to case , so use your own discretion but be aware of what I say – ‘working from home might not carry the full impetus that is needed to bring your child out of autism’
Get More People In the House
Are nuclear families to be blamed for an increase in the incidence of autism , no one really knows the real answer ; but certainly human interaction has a lot to do with the child’s recovery in autism . Its my personal opinion that if there more people available in the house for kids to interact with their chances of recovery from autism are high – Remember it is beneficial only if those people spend time by playing and interacting with the child .
Train your Autistic Kids mind for Passive learning
A lot of learning happens passively in kids ; they learn a lot from what is going on around them . Kids with autism tend to slip into their own world , thus their passive learning is not happening . Constant stimulation trains their mind to be out of their state and they start learning things passively . So My advise is to give constant stimulation and avoid what is the conventional practise nowadays of taking the child to the therapist for an hour or two in the morning and then letting him be in their own world throughout the day.
Do Not Focus only on Speech with your Autistic Child
Speech is not a stand-alone feature of brain , it results from the cumulative development of various faculties of brain . Many parents mainly focus on making their kids speak a single word like Mama, papa or dada. I opine that parents should not do this and should focus on the overall stimulation of the child . Spontaneous speech is what we really look for in kids who start recovering from autism . A child having Spontaneous speech refers to a situation where the child can speak more than what he has been forced to learn. He is able to pickup words from his environment and speak on his own .
Start Homeopathy for Autism -.
The sad part in my years of hard work with autism , is that most of the parents do not provide any kind of testimonial once their kids have recovered from autism . Although they are not obliged to do so , yet it is something that I feel that they owe it back to the society . It is very frustrating and humiliating when you are refused a testimonial . I have explained the parents that it is not for me that they should do this but for those thousands of parents who are hopeless about their kids recovery from autism. Most of my request go in vain. Yet ,Some brave ones have given video testimonials of recovery which are available on my you tube channel. Homeopathic medicines have a big role to play in the field of Autism . Data analysis from my Thesis ( My Masters in Homeopathy has been in the Autism and the research on The role of homeopathic medicines in the field of Autism) has clearly indicated strong efficacy of certain homeopathic medicines in Treating autism spectrum disorders. There are plenty of features in this website that I have written on how homeopathy can be helpful in treating autism. Try the search facility in the site and read them.Briefly I will explain the modalities – Autism Recovery with homeopathy has certain factors attached to it. Age of the child , Hyperactivity and last the verbal development has a lot to do with the overall outcome in the case .Homeopathy can in some kids ,can be a big boon ( I am clearly stating that only some kids recover dramatically with homeopathy… not all ) .
Hello Dr. Sharma,
My son is 2 and half year old, he is good at telling rhymes but not very clear words.He says A to Z and 1 to 20 , months, days of the work so on.. he is always active and doesnt sit at one place. how ever i teach he is not calling me as mom he calls me as mam as he is going to play school all kids there call their teacher as mam.
He was born in UAE and I was working that time. I left my job when my son was 1 year old and stayed in India for some days and I left my kid in India with my parents and returned back to UAE. I used to visit 2 months once.
He is very stubborn and dont listen to anyone and wants Ipad and phone always. He operates the phone / Ipad by playing few games and watches rhymes on Youtube.
I have observed few things in recent days he likes to roll around with eyes pointing to one side. He likes wheels of the car and always play with that wheels. when he is playing with wheels he will not respond to his name when called.
we have to forcefully feed him the food. he is not able to communicate in our mother tongue..
Kindly let me know whether this is a serious problem and what is the remedy.
Thank you very much in advance.
Hello Dr. Sharma,
My son is 2yrs and 9months old he has no speech he just babbbles like papa, ha ha, mum mum and few more and has only basic understanding like come here, sit down jump, and few more but he plays with other kids and no other such problem. Im concerned what i should do plz help me i will wait for your reply.
Hi,
My son is two years and he has dignoised with autism recently..i want to know a recovery from autism is possible..or it is life long disorder.he says single words. But he doesn’t how to use it to communicate.how we do know his problem is just mild or severe.
Thanks
Hello Dr.sharma,
My son is 3 yrs 4 mnth and he is diagonised with mild to moderate autism .I want your advise for his recovery process.can u tell me how to contact u. Can u refer any doctor in Kolkata.
Waiting for ur reply.
Dr.Sharma,
A blissful greetings to you and to your family.
I’m Bernie Laguni from Philippines. Recently, last November 04, we found out that our son has ASD. He is 2 years and 8 months. Pain, and lots of questions in our minds. We prayed to give us courage and peace of mind during this trial in our life. Rather than cursed and stabbed, and based on the instruction of a neuro-developmental doctor, we immediately started attending an occupational therapist’s intervention program. We have been advised that the child’s therapy should be progressive. My spouse and I are working, and now we are thinking that one of us must left the job to learn about our child’s development.
May I respectfully request some pointers from you on how my spouse and I should handle my son? Im planning to record my child development from day 1 to last. I want our journeys to serve as inspiration to everyone.
Thank you Dr. Sharma
Bernie C. Laguni
Philippines
Hello sir. AM from Bangladesh . Advance sorry for ma poor English . My child is 18th months old. Still now he can’t speak a meaningful word. Otherwise he is quite active in running n picking ma stuff .playing with Tab. But when he busy with tab or mbl phn he doesn’t react on ma words. When I loudly mentioned his name 2/3 times then he reacts. Plz help me . Ma fault is I m busy in ma regular work in home n his papa also busy in his office. That’s why I gave my child tab or TV. Otherwise he cried a lot.
Hi mr.Sharma. My sisters son had got ASD. How can we recover him from that.
Please doctor help me
Name the medicine of austim spectrum disorder.
Which is the best medicine for 2 and half year old child
Dear Doctor Sharma,
I have a 2.11 yo son and he has not become verbal yet,
We have just done all his evaluations and therapist will get back to us in 2 to 3 days, he doesnt have very classical symptoms like flapping hands or walking on toes or starring fan or anyother objects, but yes he has 50% eye contact with us, I mean he does listens to us when is is not engaged in his play, secondly his verbal words have not come yet, but he understands pur instructions and points to what he needs..
We were making our new house last year and we were so busy that he use to be under gadgets for hours till now, and now for last 20 days we have removed all gadgets from home and seeing little difference..
I want to consult with you for the medicines and how to go further..
Please do get back to us we are in high tension nowdays..
My son is 3years and 2 months old he is not responding when i call his name or not eye contacting what should i do plzz suggest
Hi Dr,
My 2 year old son(Dob: 14-oct-2015) has diagnosed to have ASD. He tells only one or two words. He is not playing or relate with other kids. He is not responding when calling his name. He is not aware of danger. Likes to walk more.
Now, we put him in ABA and OT therapy. He is going for a month only.
We r much worried about him. We r South Indian family living in UAE. Can you please tell me how homeopathy treatment helps my child to get back from Autism.
Pls help.
I have a 2.5 years old son. He is suspected autism. I want to know how homeopathic treatment helm him.
Please let me know. Where are the centre available in Delhi.
Thanks
Neeti
My 17 year old non verbal Austin son has been in Sheppard Pratt for over 8 months for aggressive an self injury behavior we were have been close the two of us and his sisters until now he has started to push us away sending us away in visits. He will be going into a group home soon maybe or back home how do I get him back into connecting. With us again no matter where he is please help he normally is happy to see us with Huggs and smiles I’m afraid this place is now his normal What do I do
Hi Sir,
My name is Sonu, mother of Alwin 2years 10months old . He has been diagnosed with ASD (mild) last month. I have started Ayurveda as that was the only option we knew month before. Unfortunately we haven’t seen any improvement in him, rather i see him developing some characters he never had before. While doing some research i happened to see your website. Can you help me bring my child to homeopathy world? I stay in Kerala. We have started his speech and i am constantly with him so he don’t slip away.
Thanks
Sonu
My son is 26 months old he is not responding when i call his name or not eye contacting what should i do plzz suggest
Hello Dr. Sharma,
My name is Golok and I am currently living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. I am writing to you for my son Gaurav.
Gaurav born in Michigan, USA on 17th Oct 2011. After 2 years of his birth, we started noticing that he does not respond to our or some stanger’s call. Also his speech was not developing and only limited to few distinct words. We consulted pediatriceian and she suggested not to worry as for many Indian kids born in USA delayed speech is very common. We went back to India (Thane) in May 2015 when he was 3.5 years old. In India, the school we took his admission, suggested us to consult development pediatrician. We visited Dr. Rajeshwari Ganesh and she mentioned that Gaurav has ASD symptoms and suggested us to start his speech therapy and occupation therapy. We started these therapies in Aug 2015. Gaurav showed good progress in his speech and behavior. Dr. Rajeshwari Ganesh did ADOS test in Jan 2016 and his score was 7 which is the cutoff and Dr. suggested to continue his therapies. We continued his therapies but had seen when there was long vacation in school his progress takes a U turn.
We moved to Minneapolis, USA in Sep 2016. In USA the school district conducted (he was in pre-school) a month long evaluation of Gaurav and came up with Individualized Education Program which includes speech therapy, social skill development, occupation therapy. From Dec 2016 till May 2017 he went through these in his school but after that there was a 3 months summer vacation. On 6 Sep 2017 he resumed school in kindergarten after the vacation. Again he went backwards in terms of the progress he made on his social, behavioral n speech skills.
Current concerns he is having:
1) He is hyperactive. If he meets with his friends or some guests come to my home or we meet outside he becomes very very hyper, runs around, speaks loudly, makes lot of noise..doesn’t listen any instructions becomes very difficult to control him. But at home when he is only with me and wife he follows most of the instructions though sometimes we need tell him multiple times before he starts following the instruction.
2) He is far behind in terms of his social skills. He doesn’t interact much with friends or others. He is not able play or work with others in group. He always does what he wants not what the group want hence always other kids avoid him while playing and he tends to play something on his own and in between goes and disturbs other kids who are playing in group.
3) He speaks Bengali with me and my wife..mostly forms sentences right way but not as a normal kid of his age but when it comes to talking with others in English it’s limited to only few known sentences. The interactions doesn’t go beyond 1 or 2 iterations.
4) In his school he is not following teacher’s instructions..runs around, talks loudly, makes noise, disturbing other while they are trying to concentrate on something. Sometimes he pushes hits other students in his class.
5) He screams very loud when he doesn’t get what he wants. His habit of screaming was reduced a lot (he used to scream very frequently when we were in India) but it again started in wrong direction.
Sorry for long description. I would like to consult with you for Gaurav and will seek suggestions about starting homeopathy treatment for him. Please let me know what is the best way to make an appointment face to face or on call.
Thanks and Regards,
Golok
Hello Dr Sharma my son is 2years n 7 months. He is cute n active. He talks only when he needs to like he wants watch tv, wants to go potty, needs milk like this. He likes watch tv a lot he plays with mobile phone. He use to be very aggressive at times.he hits other kids who ever comes near to him. If we do anyactivity which he doesn’t likes he hits us n shouts a lot also speaks like if I switch off the tv in between he gets frustrated cries n starts hiring me n shouts says “tv chalao”. We r Bengali n he speaks in Bengali. He knows a few sentences in Hindi, n few words in English. If we call him he responses sometimes not every time. He likes to roam a lot. If we go out n while returning he will refuce to return n He lies anywhere on the floor, rood, shops. He is too naughty always jumping n running here n there. He can draw curve, circles, straight lines. He repeatedly asks us to draw bus. At time more than 10 times we get fed up n then he will try to draw. He plays with blocks, he is good of cars n buses. He likes to roam in car. Likes to eat sweets n drink milk his daily intake of milk is 1.2 later. If we reduce to give him milk he shouts a lot. We don’t know what’s his problem. He never plays with other kids. He sits n plays alone for hours drawing, making buildings, blocks cards act. He likes to listen music a lot. He demands me to sing certain song while sleeping. But he never behaves properly to strangers. He avoids eye contact with strangers. We r from Andaman n Nicobar islands please help we don’t have good hospital here.
Dear Sir,
My name is G.Elsherif from Egypt
my child suffer from Autism as Egyptian doctor FB , and we have three years till now in the medical treatment and speech training but with no improve
can you help me to check with a doctor from America or Euro area have a powerful experience in this field
Thanks & BR
Hello Sir,
My son is 21 month old He doesn’t respond to his name,do not do eye contact,find his own company.
I suspect moderate autism.
We leaving in Bangalore. Please advice the best treatment.
Dr. Sharma pleasure to read your experience with autism my son diagnosed autism how i get your advice please how contact you
Hello Dr sharma
I have a doubt- is it that till the time the child is taking homeopathy medicine, he is fine.. And if he stops his medication he will again have that autistic characteristics??? Pls reply doctor.
Mother of a 4yr old boy who has mild autism