Is your child recently diagnosed with Autism ?

You will be loaded with suggestions and pieces of information about how to treat your child. Take a few minutes before you take a back seat to understand further what your child needs at this very right moment. You know your child best and your concerns are valid. It is natural for you to feel frustrated and furious about your current situations. But what awaits for your child and to you matters. Eventually, you will be at bliss to notice positive changes in your child. Holding the will to take the right treatment with proper follow-ups is crucial. Your child will reveal real changes!! Let that sink in. Read to know more about what you can do next without wondering and wasting any time.

Find a development paediatrician

You may need to search for a developmental paediatrician within your reach. They are trained and expertise to evaluate and care for your child. Your developmental paediatrician will conduct their assessments and treatments concerning the medical and psychological aspects of your child. They do talk and take notes while talking with you and believes that the first, and foremost treatment of your child should begin through learning their parents. Hence, they will keep a good relation with you to know more about your child and also in providing proper medications. You can find them at hospitals, major medical centres, clinics, private practice settings, rehabilitation centres, schools, and community centres near you.

Find right Therapist

Your child can unveil positive changes after once you find a professional therapist and begin with the therapy sessions. Therapists are specialized in teaching life-skills and academic strategies for children with developmental delays. They conduct a one-to-one communicative session with your child and teach them speech and language therapy.

You can very well find therapists such as a speech therapist, occupational therapist or a language therapist for your child. It is also advised to take two or more therapies for your child after proper consultation with your doctors. You should be aware of what the therapists do to your child. Make sure your therapists interact with your child in your presence. Learn from how they interact with your child and try performing the same with your child at home. This will help to boost your child's response rate, and eventually, you may see quite a lot of positive changes in your child.

Connect with other Parents

Who understands you better than a parent who lives your life? Connecting with other parents who passes through the same journey of yours can really help you to gain courage and confidence. It is always advisable to keep close contact between the other parents in considering more about treatments and about other valuable resources. Having people who understand and support you and your child will make a real change in this beautiful journey of autism. Interacting with parents in both offline and online groups, sharing autism and treatment resources for your children, attending autism webinars and other meetups will help you to foster your child's development. And most importantly, trust yourself. The outsiders may tell you are doing it wrong, that you are messing them up, and that if you would just do some unreliable treatments your child would feel better. Just avoid and move on with taking care of your child's needs and wants with proper treatments. Because who knows your child better than you?

You are never alone on this journey. Join our parent's forum and help yourself give the best for your child and to yourself. We are together on this journey of autism to make our children be at their best. Share your story... We are here to listen to you!!