| From the early days of medicine, when having a | | | | Occupational therapy can be very important in |
| mental problem was considered a revenge from | | | | developing motor skills in patients. Building daily |
| God, till now when we fully understand the actions | | | | living skills with a few other activities can also help |
| of the disease and the way it affects the body, | | | | persons with hypersensitivity to sound, light, and |
| modern medicine has come a long way. With the | | | | touch. |
| help of modern technology and better doctors | | | | Social skill therapy is very helpful regarding the |
| fighting this terrible disorder has become possible. | | | | fact that autistic children have a very hard time |
| New drugs are available for patients to take along | | | | having a conversation and playing normally in the |
| with a large number of programs that one can | | | | playground. This kind of therapy helps by putting |
| follow towards health. | | | | into place the bases for social integration. |
| Some of the most affective treatments that one | | | | Physical therapy is extremely important fir |
| can follow in order to fight the disease as best it | | | | developing strength, coordination and basic motor |
| can are going to be presented from here on. | | | | skills. |
| The first one would be Applied behavior analysis. | | | | Play therapy has proven very effective in the |
| This form of treatment is the oldest one existing | | | | learning process of autism patient; the fact is that |
| and the one that has been the most researched. | | | | both normal and autistic children learn new |
| It’s a reward base training system that has | | | | information and how to integrate socially by |
| proven to be very affective in treating young | | | | playing. It is the unwritten rule oh nature. |
| patients. What it does is actually, is teach children | | | | Behavior therapy is of the up most importance |
| particular skills by focusing on them. Being the | | | | when it comes to giving up negative behaviors. |
| most common and effective it is very likely that | | | | Changes in the environment and routines help a |
| this method is the one most used in schools and | | | | lot. |
| is the one most likely to be included in any | | | | Developmental therapies are the basis therapies |
| insurance policies. | | | | that involve teaching the child normal daily |
| Speech therapy is the next most used treatment. | | | | activities like tying a shoe, eating , teeth brushing |
| It is very obvious the fact that autistic patients | | | | and so on. |
| have a problem with speech. It’ s not that | | | | Visual based therapies revolve around the visual |
| they can’t learn the grammar and words or | | | | aspects of life that help us learn and develop new |
| anything, it’s just that they refuse to use | | | | skills. Modeling, painting and video gaming can be |
| speech in normal social interaction. Speech and | | | | very helpful when it come to this. |
| language therapy has been proven to be very | | | | Biomedical therapies specialize in dieting, nutritional |
| effective in young children especially. | | | | supplements and alternative treatments. |