Navigating the Challenges of Autism: A Caregivers Perspective

Name Instructor Course Date After completing high, I joined a community based home for children and young adults with special needs as I waited for the opportunity of joining college. I chose this particular occupation because I had a passion for caregiving. I chose this particular field out of passion and interests and not because of any gains whatsoever. Generally, people do not understand or have ideas on how to deal with children with special needs, and in most cases, even their kins are overwhelmed with these particular classes of people. One case that caught my eye was of a child who was autistic, and I became interested in this particular boy. The autistic boy was in his world but a keen eye to him. One could notice that he was a special kid who did things differently. My interaction with this boy exposed me to some challenges of understanding autism and a lack of experienced service providers who had the optimum experience in dealing with children with autism. I learnt more about autism, and my interaction with this boy taught me so many things, especially on interactions. By the time I left the place to pursue my course in college, I had noted that raising a child with autism can prove to be stressful and raising such a kid is different from raising any other kid. My experience with autism and my perspective as a caregiver may provide specific components conveying how the experience of raising a child with autism could be different than that of a caregiver raising a child without autism. The experience shaped me by being an eye-opener to some truth about language. Autism is characterized by deficits in communication, repetitive patterns of behaviour, a deficit in communication and impairment in social interactions and de