How to deal with autistic children?
• Many feel that autistic children cannot understand what they are actually doing and feel they are difficult to be controlled and disciplined. Parents show pity on them and do not check their behavior. But this is not true as the most challenged person can also learn appropriate behavior if disciplined according to the requirements of the child. • Certain positive behavior patterns and actions can change the response of the autistic child. If the interactions are appropriate and he or she is able to build up a rapport, the autistic child can respond to what the other person is saying. In other words a person can discipline him well if he communicates well. • Parents must not be afraid to discipline an autistic child. They feel their behavior is due to their disability and not due to their own volition. This is not so, as an autistic child can also be told what he or she should do or not do. • One must not take out one’s frustrations on an autistic child. One generally tends to if one
