| In the bid to better the lot of people or children | | | | fun. The primary objective is to foster bonding |
| suffering from autism, The Treatment and Education | | | | between them so that the patients can gain skills while |
| of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped | | | | developing a deeper relationship with the parents or |
| Children (TEACH) has perfected a therapy procedure | | | | siblings at the same time. It is time consuming, but can |
| for autistic patients for quite a while now. This they do | | | | be very rewarding. |
| by using a picture schedule of time-limited assignments | | | | The available medications for the treatment of autistic |
| to improve the overall skillfulness of the patients. | | | | patients aren't particularly for the condition itself but to |
| This TEACH therapy also includes tasks that the | | | | help the patients with several of the related symptoms |
| patient likes as reward for good behavior, and it works | | | | of the disorder. For irritability felt by several autistic |
| at a gradual pace. In any case, there really isn't that | | | | patients, the drug Risperidone recently obtained FDA |
| much of a hurry since they have a whole lifetime to do | | | | approval, is used on patients with aggressive |
| it. | | | | tendencies, including anger and frustration. |
| Perhaps the best treatment therapy for autistic | | | | Fluoxetine, fluvoxamine, and escitalopram are other |
| patients is the Floortime system that applies play | | | | drugs that are used in a bid to help patients with autism |
| techniques by bringing parents and children together to | | | | deal with some of the related symptoms of the |
| perform tasks and activities that the children find to be | | | | behavioral and developmental disorder. |