The life of an Autism child
is not easy, that’s what I happened to believe when Alex was 2 years old and I
and Davis, his father realized when he was growing in an erratic way. It was
pretty hard to figure out that reaching at the age of 3, Alex was not able to
crawl like other toddlers nor we were able to identify the cause behind his
slow development in verbal communication.
Davis started to live in a
pensive mode, with very less interaction with me. One fine evening while I was
away to a local hyperstore to buy some grocery stuff, alongside the aisle,
there was a lady asking for the adaptive equipments for
Autism children it took me a while to understand the jargon, a while after got
to know Autism is the ADS disorder. I preferred to speak to her pertaining to
this disorder that kept me bothering time and again. I thought she might come
to my rescue to figure out the difficulty Alex has been experiencing. She
started narrating her story that revolves around his son, Jake who was affected
with Autism when he was 3 years old, The fact that Autism affects a child’s
behavior, communication and interaction skills shook me at first. She continued
by explaining the symptoms of the ADS cum developmental disorder. She elucidated
that her child Jake was facing language issues and was not able to interact in
his classroom and with children of the similar age.
Well, I am thankful to
Angela that came as a boon to me and for Alex. I discussed this disorder with
Davis, that shook his fatherhood and he just outbursted in tears. I tried to
console him, saying that dealing with Autism children is not all challenging. I
narrated the whole story of meeting Angela in a hyperstore, to him. The
following day we bought Alex the sensory toys that helped him to stimulate
learning and development gradually. After
a strong recommendation we took the help of adaptive equipments since we din’t
want to take any chance with Alex’s life.
Now, we feel like proud parents of a ever smiling master Alex who love
to socialize with friends and her teacher and believe learning is a pure fun. This
is how we debunked the myth that- ‘’Life of an Autism child is not easy’’.
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