any latest management of autism?

Answer 1

It depends where on the autistic spectrum your child is. There's been a lot of controversy over a disorder now classified as autistic spectrum called "Aspergers Syndrome." The "disease" carries with it many of the same traits as "ADHD," itself a controversial diagnosis. Besides having many ADHD traits, children labeled with "Aspergers" tend to not like socializing, they tend to be introverted and often are highly intelligent and highly focused on a particular area of interest.

I think the best way to manage it is to encourage the child to explore their area of interest. This can be good practice for a future career. I was always talking about politics when I was younger and am today working in the State Senate. Encouraging a child also helps them socially because if they take classes or join clubs on what they're interested in, they're more likely to develop friendships with people that they already share a common bond.

In my opinion, the wrong thing to do with these kids is to take them to a psychiatrist, give them drugs that dampen their natural curiosity and subject them to long lectures about how they should be socializing more. This is a wrong and unnatural approach that leads to heartbreaking stories like this one written from the perspective of a real child labeled with "Asperger's Syndrome": http://home.earthlink.net/~mariw/centipedes.html

Answer 2

After checking around, the most recent research appears to be from a conference about Autism in asia recently. There were a number of speakers that dealt with management of autism. Unfortunately there were no specifics of what can be done on a day to day basis. But presumably creating a predictable environment is likely to help. It might be worthwhile looking up the names of the experts on the list

Answer 3

my daughter has severe autism,i look on line for all my imformation......

Answer 4

http://www.nas.org.uk/

great site, always very up to date (but that's probably not surprising given ASD and computers!)

Answer 5

institutionalisation