How to communicate with children with autism

Children with autism tend to be self-centered in their communication, so it is important to first have an accepting attitude toward the child before communicating. The communication is interactive on the child’s interests and can also convey information to the autistic child with the help of pictures and photos. According to the child’s age and developmental level, an organized and written plan of activities is designed and certain procedures and norms for the activities are established. Family members are responsible for designing various parent-child activities, including object games, such as building blocks and playing with cars, social games, such as peek-a-boo, tickling, lifting, storytelling, etc., outings, such as going to the park, and sports, such as shooting balls and swimming. It is important to design the types of toys, placement of objects, types of games, learning training contents and activity sequences according to the symptoms, deficits, interests, abilities and personality characteristics of each child with autism. In the daily activities, intervention training is carried out anytime and anywhere, and every stage of the child’s life from waking up in the morning to going to bed at night is included in the intervention process, eventually reaching the realm where life is intervention and intervention is life, which can minimize the autistic and lonely state of the child with autism. In this process, the family’s peace of mind and the child’s happiness must be ensured.