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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 ) .
hi,
My son is 3 year and 1 month old and diagnosed with autism.
He has no vocabulary, spoke 2-3 words when he was one and a half year old but dont speak now. Does not make eye contact, some times he does but not much. But he is a very calm. he never cries. and he dont jump and do not point out to things like birds cars etc. but he take my hand to show what he wants, and pick his jacket or shoes when he wants to go out. what is your suggestion. Sometimes he appears he dont listen at all. but other times he hears even the smallest of voice.
Hi,
I am not sure about my Son whether he is Autistic or not.Going to meet Dr. for this next week.He is 3 yrs and 4 months old.He knows A to Z, 1 to 10, colors and shapes.He has recently started to write alphabets and no. on his own.He can recognize no.s and alphabets and read them well.He has started showing interest in books now.He loves out door activities and playing with other toys also.He is very careful while playing and knows when he can do things own or when when he need hand of other people or mine.He doesnt mingle with other children much but when he need their help while sliding or swing , he ask them by holding their hand.
watever he wants , he shows us by holding our hands or sometime by bringing things or pointing.
He can say words like Apple, cat dog, yr to rhyme some poems also.
My problem is that he doent say yes or no, if anything is asked.If we will ask, if he wants to swing , he will not say or swing his head to say yes but take me with him in playground.Sometimes while eating he turn his head to say no.
Second thing he doesnt want to follow any command.He seems very stubborn sometimes.He follow these commands only like- lets go outside or for bathroom or to bedroom for sleeping.
sometimes he switched on fan and light, and when i ask him to switch it off, he does it.He coperate me to dress or undress him.He can wear shoes and help in wearing pants.sometimes he keep shoes in rack when i ask him.
Whenever i or my husband call him from outside , or come from office or to his daycare, he give hugs and kisses.He knows that if bell is ringing , it means , someone is outside.When i say see daddy has come, open door, he tries to do that.
When i cry, he kiss me.If i carry other toodlers , he act possessive but if any body ask him where is your mumma, he doesnt bother to show by finger.
If he is somewhere where he cant reach us, he will point towards us and yell to call but doesnt use word mumma or Daddy.
As he doesnt want to follow commands , i started to sit face to face with him, making him learn by holding his hand, but he learnt this trick and he is not willing to sit now.If i hold his hand, he hide his hand and face and start to cry.
Plz help.
Need your guidance.I am doing half day job since 1 year and decided to quit now but speech therapy and other courses are very expensive .I dont know how to manage.
Does he sounds like Autistic???///
Please help.
Hi…. I face the same thing with my son…kindly reply wat ur pead said in ur sons case… Hope hes fine…
Hi doctor
I am sachin…my baby is now 16 month but she is not properly eye contact with me amnd my wife.and harm herself when something not given to her which she want.and also she is not responding when i call her.and repeat action from her..
Hi Dr Sharma. My name is Cindy. I just read your article and it all makes sense in what I read. I am the aunt of two autistic nephews ( Brandon and Joshua). Brandon is 16, Josh is 12. Brandon talks only when he needs something, he can’t hold a full conversation, while Josh can. They both getting, speech, and behavioral therapy. About a month ago Brandon started regressing, picking on food, afraid to touch any gadgets, afraid of touching musical instumemts, not wanting to sit on the couch. We’ve taken him to his primary care Doctor who told us, that his behavior HS to do with his autism. That was it. No kind of further suggestions. We are devastated. Homeotheraphy? Would that help in Brandon’s case? Please help!!
MY SON IS 8 YEARS OLD HAVING ASD , SPEAKS LESS, LEARNS VERY SLOW KINDLY SUGGEST TREATMENT AND THERAPY
My son is 15 years and 5 months now. Non verbal , non social but do not mind people around him.
He has sensory issues as well. Cover his ears to avoid sounds or voices he want to block. He wakes up in night and go around the house. Some times come to me or go other room. Very busy boy. Physically he is ok.
Allergic to pea nuts and egg. I want him to talk. He had all kind of therapies since he was three. He has words and little sentence. But never initiate by himself.
Please tell me any homeopathic treatment. I belieave
In some time he will be ok. Give your treatment plan and recomandations please.
Thanks.
Hello, my daughter diagnosed with autism at the age of 2 and 1/2,now she is 4.4 year old .she is taking therapy last 1 and 1/2 year almost and improving very much but yet there is something missing like,she is not sitting in the classroom and give less response while knowing the answer .
Hello
I’m writing in regards to my 6.5 yr old son … he is echolic and only speaks using I want or I need how can I get more spontaneous language out of him will homeopathy help us? Thank you so much
My grandson who is 2.5 years old is still not talking. He is banging his head when he gets angry. He likes to watch tv and mobiles. He eats only when we give him to watch tv or give video to see.
When he gets excited he flapps his hands. Please help us, if there is any way to make him a normal boy.
Dr. My son 2.3 yrs not talking anything. Eating solid foods by watching tv or mobile. He is not giving attention at all. For this reason we are unable to teach him anything. Doctor please help us.
hi
although i am not a doctor but my son is of same age and has the same problem a couple of months back. i visited a child psychologist and he told me to limit the use of gadgets to a minimum or else child might develop autism and if you want your child to talk then communicate more often and connect with him. because my son was not responding during therapy i hid all the gadgets and talked to him all day ….then played, dance, traveled and did shopping with him making all these activities a play. since these days we have these nuclear families it is better to get them admitted in preschools by the age of two. children learn when they see other kids of their age talking.
best wishes
anjali
Doctor,
My son is 4 yrs old. He tell all alphabets and number till 10. He also tell good number of words. But some time it is difficult to understand his language.
His teachers complain that his do not respond to him when called. Some time he do the same with us too. Teachers advised for separate teacher. He do not socialise much with peer group.
Please recommend something for us.
Dr Sharma
Wanted to understand more about how homoeopath can help. Kindly provide further details of getting in touch to explain the case to you
Hi Dr sharma.i m a mother of 3.8 year old boy having mild autism…my son s speech is 70 percent developed but my son shows tentrums nd meltdowns.he strt head begging ND bitting himself…he irritate wid toys wid in a second although he lyk that toy…some self stimming behavior also exist like he move his fingres near his eyes.Im a single parent and only have a one child . currently I m living with my parents…plz suggest me any medicine or treatment to recover my child issues.all therpies r done at home by myself .I didn’t hire any Therpist due to my financial problem.plzzzzz guide me I will b really thankful to u…nd waiting for ur rply
Hello Dr.Sharma
My son is 2.5 yers old and diagnosed with mild ASD and having a delayed speech, he bables papa,mama etc of his own not to us. when we call him by his name he responds but not every time. we are undergoing OT & Speech Tehrapy for him immediately for the last one month.
There are three thngs which we wold like to share to you about her activity.
1.He produces an mmmmm sound most of the time.
2.He flaps his hands when he is alone some times
3.He follows his shadow of his body and finger some times when he is alone
4.Not very social and likes to play with other kids
He has a good eye contacts
He understand when we say to drink water or go out side
Plays with us and his elder sister
get involved with different kind of toys
Some additional information about him
The child who seeks extra touch sensations may:
a.Touch objects and people constantly, with “in your face” behavior.
b.Seek certain messy experiences, often for long durations.
c.Rub or bite own skin; twirl hair in fingers; prefer being barefoot.
d.Chew on inedible objects (fingernails, collars, cuffs, toys, pencils).
No suggest how can we start homeopathic medicine for him, if required we would like to meet and discuss with you in detail
My nephew is of 30 months and very hyperactive does not speak and react to the outer world. She do not give response to anything, sound or action seems busy in her own world.
She jumps on the bed like crazy but never go the edge of the bed . When anybody will stop her she start hitting her head badly.
Initially she use to speak but at the age of around 24 months she stopped speaking also. We got all the clinical test done and has diagnosed Autism.
She is the elder one among the twins, the second daughter who is hardly a minute younger does not have any problem and is a normal child.
Need your valuable suggestion how to go about it and how fast she can recover.
Hi,
I have a 2 yr 3 months old son, who has some development delays as per his age. He doesn’t talk much except when playing or going through familiar books and rhymes. He doesnt converse and only say some single words. He doesnt give much attention to other toddlers, but likes to run around witj big kids in the playground. He has always been hyperactive and doesnt sit at all because of which i am having trouble in potty training him. Our pediatrician has also told us that he might have autism but have asked us to wait for 6 months. I have left my job post baby and give my hundred percent time to my baby as we stay in a nuclear family.
Can you please help us in getting through this tough times.
Hello Dr Sharma
My son os 3.4 yrs now he doesnot speak much currently we had come to delhi were we have shown him to doctor n they r telling he is having mild autism.where can v start his homeo tratment plz help n advise further course of action.
Hello Dr. Sharma
I desperatly need your guidance. My son is 2.5 years old. He is very fond of watching mobile from where he has learnt lots of rhymes, abc, 123. But this gadget has spoiled him as he speaks only these poems but do not converse with us. He doesnt even call me mommy and his father papa. Ours is a joint family but he never calls anybody . We have 3 more kids in the joint family of 4 -5 years of age but he dont talk with them. But he plays with them very happily, running and shouting. Whatever he is doing he keeps on reciting any of his learned poems. If he wants something he will take us to that place and point towards it without even uttering a word. He recognizes colours, alphabets, numbers, he sometimes repeat whenever we ask him to do so. What could be the problem. I dont know from where I can get him diagonised. Can you also please suggest doctors and therapist for the problem. Is it only a speech problem or something else.
Plz help me dr. Sharma my 4 year old son has autism.. How can i get him homeopathy treatment in karachi Pakistan
My daughter is 2.8 years old.She speaks many words,knows complete ABC,counting till 40, shapes,colour, animals, fruits and vegetables. She can recite more than 20 rhymes. She can eat by herself.But problem with her is that she knows everything but responds only when she wants to. She can listen to even minor sound from far away but you keep screaming next to her to do things but she will not respond. Even she knows very well her name but will respond only when she wants. She cannot form complete sentences but she tries to speak long sentences which we are unable to understand. Recently we put her in play school.she stays there,will not cry and play and eat .but she will play according to her own will and will not follow instructions of the teacher.
I am very worried ,please suggest what to do?is she suspected of autism.please guide
Dear Sir, My son is 3 year old and we noted the symptoms of autism in him .. please guide to recover from it
Dr Sharma my son is 3year 3 moths he is very hyper and now he digonesd autism moderate doctor start his other and speech therapy he is not toilet train N he is just say single words