World Autism Awareness Day is celebrated on 20 October every year. Autism, also known as autism, is a neurodevelopmental disorder that occurs in early childhood and lasts throughout life. Children tend to experience the world in a special way, and they are called "children from the stars".

Use music to open the hearts of children with autism

On the eve of World Autism Awareness Day, a symphony concert of "Children of the Stars" was held in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, where children with autism completed a musical performance with the company and encouragement of their families.

The program of this concert is unique, and the musical stage play "Mother of the Stars" brought by teachers and students of special education schools shows the tenacity and dedication of families of autistic children with affectionate interpretation; Children with autism bravely took to the stage and performed the musical stage play "My Happy School Life", showing the gratifying scene of children with autism returning to school after receiving rehabilitation treatment.

Zhang Liangboyu, a 2022-year-old child with autism, is one of the main actors of the musical stage play "My Happy School Life", and when he was 0 years old, his family found that he was unsociable, had little language, and stereotyped behavior, and his symptoms did not improve as he grew older. In the year of 0, he began to receive systematic treatment combining music therapy and psychological intervention in a professional medical rehabilitation institution.

Music Therapist Zhang Jing: Using music as a medium with psychological intervention, through the melody, rhythm and harmonious sound of music, it can effectively regulate children's emotions, relieve anxiety and stress, improve communication skills, and better adapt to school life.

After years of systematic intervention, Zhang Liangboyu is now very good in mathematical calculations, reading and literacy, language communication, and social interaction. Like normal children, they can go to and from school and buy things on their own.

Zhang Li, the mother of the child: He has made a lot of progress in his performance compared to last year, and watching him sing and dance on stage is really happy and content as a parent. My child now has a lot of good friends, and I used to worry about my child's social problems, but now I play better with my children.

At the event, the medical staff released the "Love Star Convention" with "understanding and acceptance, equality and respect, and professional support" as the core content, advocating that the whole society jointly build a friendly environment for children with autism.

Caring for children with autism and guarding the "children of the stars"

In the past few days, various activities have been held in Zhejiang, Guangxi, Inner Mongolia and other places to send care to children with autism.

On the eve of World Autism Day, Guangxi launched the care and promotion action for autistic children, and planned to establish a screening, diagnosis, rehabilitation, education, security, and care service network for autistic children in about 5 years through the implementation of three major actions: improvement of rehabilitation services for autistic children, integration of education and health, and family warmth.

This year, Jiangsu will pilot in 1 regions such as Wuxi, Suzhou, and Changzhou, and set up at least 0 special education schools in each county to accept children with autism, implement free education for autistic students at the high school level, and extend the age group of care services for autistic people to the whole life cycle.

In Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, the Red Cross public welfare team walked into the rehabilitation center for children with autism with AI teaching aids and other materials, and the robot teaching aids interacted with the children, and the AI accurately recognized the children's expressions, allowing the children to play happily in an environment without social pressure.

Jin Xin, Red Cross Society of Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia: Combined with some current technology and advanced AI technology, we have also matched some auxiliary teaching aids for children with autism and made some donations.

Seriousness, patience and a good grasp of repetition are the gifts of children with autism. In the data labeling classroom of this Peizhi school in Hangzhou, more than 10 students are engrossed in the computer, using different color markers to accurately identify the traces of diseases on the pictures of ceramic cultural relics. This kind of work, known as "artificial intelligence trainer", requires annotators to annotate through image annotation, and church AI to identify artifact features such as broken and cracks.

Free consultation by experts popularizes family rehabilitation skills for children with autism

In Chongqing, local hospitals actively carry out public welfare activities such as free clinics, screenings, and consultations to send warmth to children with autism and their families.

In Nanchuan, Chongqing, doctors from the Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University conducted language proficiency screenings and social interaction tests for children and parents who came for consultation and consultation, and popularized family rehabilitation skills to parents.

Chen Li, Vice President of the Children's Hospital Affiliated to Chongqing Medical University: According to their different levels and different types, different education plans, including family parenting plans, should be individually adjusted.

Parent Zheng Chunli: The teacher told us that we should guide him step by step to do it, so that he can complete a thing by himself and have a sense of achievement.

In recent years, with the continuous development of various public welfare activities and science popularization, the level of social awareness of autism has been significantly improved. At the same time, the state has also issued the "Implementation Plan for the Care and Promotion of Autistic Children (2028-0 Years)", which comprehensively improves the rehabilitation service system for autistic children by carrying out three major actions: rehabilitation service improvement, education and health integration, and family warmth.

There are "five no's" early identification method for autism

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Cao Qingjiu, director of the children's ward of Peking University Sixth Hospital, said that there are "five nos" for early identification of autism, and parents need to be vigilant if their children exhibit the following behaviors:

The first "no" is called not looking or looking less, which means that when communicating, he and you make very little eye contact.

The second "no" is called "should not or should not respond", and when you call him, there is no corresponding response from you.

The third "no" is called not to refer to, for example, when some children have needs, they point to things to take this or that, but children with autism will have less such fingers.

The fourth "no" is to be silent or to speak little.

The fifth "no" is inappropriate, including that he will repeat some behaviors, stereotypical behaviors, repeatedly hit the head or turn in circles.

At present, there is no effective treatment for autism, and rehabilitation training is an effective way to improve symptoms.

Cao Qingjiu, Director of the Children's Ward of Peking University Sixth Hospital: If rehabilitation training is started early, especially before the age of three, it is particularly important to alleviate his core symptoms. After these children have been trained, many of them are able to attend school normally.

Studies have shown that factors such as older parents, infections during pregnancy, poor medications or exposure to chemicals during the first trimester may increase the risk of autism.

Cao Qingjiu, Director of the Children's Ward of Peking University Sixth Hospital: 80% may be related to genetics, which is a disease caused by the interaction between genetics and the environment. He usually has some abnormalities after birth, and may show symptoms before the age of three.