| From the early days of medicine, when having a | | | | Occupational therapy can be very important in |
| mental problem was considered a revenge from God, | | | | developing motor skills in patients. Building daily living |
| till now when we fully understand the actions of the | | | | skills with a few other activities can also help persons |
| disease and the way it affects the body, modern | | | | with hypersensitivity to sound, light, and touch. |
| medicine has come a long way. With the help of | | | | Social skill therapy is very helpful regarding the fact |
| modern technology and better doctors fighting this | | | | that autistic children have a very hard time having a |
| terrible disorder has become possible. New drugs are | | | | conversation and playing normally in the playground. |
| available for patients to take along with a large number | | | | This kind of therapy helps by putting into place the |
| of programs that one can follow towards health. | | | | bases for social integration. |
| Some of the most affective treatments that one can | | | | Physical therapy is extremely important fir developing |
| follow in order to fight the disease as best it can are | | | | strength, coordination and basic motor skills. |
| going to be presented from here on. | | | | Play therapy has proven very effective in the learning |
| The first one would be Applied behavior analysis. This | | | | process of autism patient; the fact is that both normal |
| form of treatment is the oldest one existing and the | | | | and autistic children learn new information and how to |
| one that has been the most researched. It's a reward | | | | integrate socially by playing. It is the unwritten rule oh |
| base training system that has proven to be very | | | | nature. |
| affective in treating young patients. What it does is | | | | Behavior therapy is of the up most importance when it |
| actually, is teach children particular skills by focusing on | | | | comes to giving up negative behaviors. Changes in the |
| them. Being the most common and effective it is very | | | | environment and routines help a lot. |
| likely that this method is the one most used in schools | | | | Developmental therapies are the basis therapies that |
| and is the one most likely to be included in any | | | | involve teaching the child normal daily activities like tying |
| insurance policies. | | | | a shoe, eating , teeth brushing and so on. |
| Speech therapy is the next most used treatment. It is | | | | Visual based therapies revolve around the visual |
| very obvious the fact that autistic patients have a | | | | aspects of life that help us learn and develop new |
| problem with speech. It' s not that they can't learn the | | | | skills. Modeling, painting and video gaming can be very |
| grammar and words or anything, it's just that they | | | | helpful when it come to this. |
| refuse to use speech in normal social interaction. | | | | Biomedical therapies specialize in dieting, nutritional |
| Speech and language therapy has been proven to be | | | | supplements and alternative treatments. |
| very effective in young children especially. | | | | |