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Autism Unknown Condition In My Country
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Thank you so much for this team. I have 12 year old son. I am a motswana living in botswana. Not much is known about this condition in my country. Our children are treated like psychiatric clients. No education is there for them especially the worse ones like my son. The only option is to be stuck at home. My question is how do i advocate for him and others. I dont even know what they should be taught.

posted July 4, 2014
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Thank you so much for the response. There is almost no access to any therapy. Parents who can afford the therapies go to our neighbouring country called South Africa (Nelson Mandela country). We have formed a NGO to try to put our heads together to ask the government for help. The people look up to me to ask for help but i dont know what to give them. With the websites you gave me i will provide them with some starting point. And maybe one day we will have a school for them

posted July 4, 2014
A MyAutismTeam Member

If you have a child with autism, and very few official services or education in your country, I'm hoping you have access to the internet. There are things you can do as a parent to help bring out the potential in your child. I will direct you to a few of my favorites, below. Please ask specific questions and use MyAutismTeam as your resource. There are a lot of smart parents here.

Speech:
http://jamesdmacdonald.org/Articles/MacDonaldSt...

Social:
http://www.icdl.com/DIR

Organization:
http://www.do2learn.com/

posted July 4, 2014
A MyAutismTeam Member

Also, ABA was mentioned and can be an important start for some kids. I found a blog the describes my favorite ABA book. It has the theory and charts on developmental skills for recording progress. Without other resources, this could give you a good start.

http://www.iloveaba.com/2011/11/how-to-start-in...

posted July 4, 2014
A MyAutismTeam Member

the first thing I would subject is to form a support group. a group of families who have mental handicap children. from what it sounds like it would be small but that's ok, if you can't find anyone keep looking you never know when you'll find someone.

posted July 4, 2014
A MyAutismTeam Member

This is kind of tough since we do not know what you have access to , but speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and ABA applied behavioral analysis are the most common therapies you can give an autistic child.

posted July 4, 2014

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