| Autistic children can be a challenge to deal with, but it is | | | | movements. Little things can interest them and they |
| important to realize that the child may find life | | | | must pursue it. Extra safety precautions should be |
| challenging too. Even if this is the case, an autistic child | | | | taken to avoid potential harm to your child and your |
| should not be pacified on his or her way through life, | | | | home. |
| instead a parent should parent their child in the way | | | | 4. As stated in number one, you should get to know |
| they knew how with the careful consideration and | | | | your child. This can directly relate to the removal of |
| moderation to adapt to your autistic child's needs. | | | | sensory input. Certain things can annoy autistic children, |
| Yes, dealing with an autistic child can be different than | | | | set them off, and send them into tantrums. The light |
| dealing with an average 4-year-old but it is important to | | | | may be too bright; the TV too loud, the sound of |
| remember that that's just it. It's different. Not weird, not | | | | ambulance sirens may scare them. If the object |
| strange, not frustrating. Just different. If you approach | | | | cannot be removed or avoided, it is best to figure out |
| the hard task with a sunny disposition, it will not feel so | | | | ways to stop the situation while it's happening. Carry |
| challenging. Treat your autistic child just like you would | | | | shades with you or ear plugs in case brightness or |
| any other 4-year-old. They cannot be held their entire | | | | loud sounds upset them. |
| lives. | | | | 5. Number one may also help with number five. You |
| 1. Get to know who your child is. Realize what sets him | | | | can discover creative ways to incorporate things your |
| or her off, what frustrates them to the point that they | | | | child likes into ways that will follow tip number three. If |
| have to throw a temper tantrum, the things they enjoy | | | | your child is a climber on inappropriate things, note this |
| doing, the things that make them laugh. Autistic children | | | | and take him or her rock climbing on a wall. Or |
| do not do bad things on purpose. They respond to the | | | | crashing into a couch could be greatly accepted on a |
| world and to people a little bit differently than others. | | | | moon bounce. Although this tip could not work in all |
| Get to know what those points are and remember | | | | circumstances, thinking about it and incorporating it later |
| them so that whenever a situation arises, you are | | | | can be very fun for your child. |
| prepared for it and ready to right whatever is wrong. | | | | 6. Cheering on your child's successes is important. |
| 2. What you expect from a child who is not autistic is | | | | Encouragement is important. Whenever your child |
| going to differ greatly from a child who is autistic. That | | | | does something right, they should be given some sort |
| should be realized and remembered. While Billy and | | | | of praise. That praise will become familiar and |
| Sam can be expected to clean their rooms when | | | | something the child may try to be met with everyday. |
| they're told within less than an hour, it should be | | | | 7. Be consistent. With everything that you do you will |
| realized that as an autistic child it may be harder to | | | | need to be consistent. Especially in terms of discipline. If |
| focus on the task at hand for a lengthy amount of | | | | you decide to pop your child on the hand when he |
| time, non-stop, within an expected amount of time. | | | | does something wrong and put him in time out when |
| While they should still have the same responsibility of | | | | he does something worse, make sure to do it every |
| cleaning their room, make the goal smaller in the | | | | time. In cases, especially where there are siblings |
| beginning, like making their bed and then move onto the | | | | involved, that consistency is definitely important |
| bigger picture. | | | | because he or she can compare how you treat him or |
| 3. Safety is extremely important because autistic | | | | her to how you treat them. |
| children are adventurous and spontaneous in their | | | | |