There is a lot of challenges parents have to face as they raise a child with autism and one of them is the discriminating eyes of the many. To make everyone understand the struggle and to give a little awareness about autism, as part of the Autism Awareness Month, here are the five myths about raising a child with autism have to vanish.
1. Mothers are to blame.
According to Huffington Post, mothers are often blamed for the condition of their child because of their emotional turmoil. However, parents are no longer blamed today as they are not the cause of the autism spectrum disorder (ASD) of their child.
There is no definite reason why a child is affected with autism and no one can tell of its cause. Experts believe that having autism have several aspects like the genetic and non-genetic code of a child with autism.
2. Autism can be cured.
There are a lot of hearsays that autism can be cured with different kinds of treatments. The use of mineral medicines like, snake oils, flashing lights, cleanses, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, detoxifying clay bath and others can heal autism, as per Daily Herald.
Autism can't be cured. But, evidently, with the desire of making their children well, parents will do everything to treat their child's autism. These miracle treatments are part of the pseudoscience and a number of studies have to be done before anyone can prove it's effective.
3. Being parent of a child with autism is a burden.
Raising a child with autism can be hard, stressful and demanding but, it is never ever a burden for the parents. The love and care parents are giving their child with autism are very invaluable they won't mind of the challenges they have to face.
In fact, a child with autism can give their parents greater joy for being a fighter and making their lives more meaningful. "I love my daughter ... Because of her I'm a better parent, clinician, human being. She has taught me so much about what truly matters in life," Vigo, a parent of a child with autism and a family therapist at Seattle Children's Autism Center.
4. Children with autism are not compassionate.
This is a total myth as a child with autism can be more sympathetic and loving, as noted by Daily Herald. There are emerging studies proving that a child with autism are very empathetic they are having a hard time to filter everyone's feelings and emotions and get overwhelmed in the process.
5. Parents are going through the same experiences.
Huffington Post noted that in the inner circle of parents with autism, there's a saying that when a parent knows a child with autism, they know every child with autism. Virgo contradicted the aphorism and explained that there are guardians who are looking after several children with autism and they parent each one differently.
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