Umbuzo: Ndingayinceda njani i-My Autistic Child Handle Puberty?
Ndine unyana oneminyaka eli-9 ubudala kunye ne-autism. Wafunyaniswa ukuba iminyaka emi-2 eyadlulayo kunye nokudibanisa kwintsebenzo, kuye kwafika izibonda kunye nemida. Nangona 'akaqhelekanga,' uhambelana nokunye kwaye unobungane abambalwa esikolweni. Ndiyesaba ukufa kodwa nangenxa yokuba ndivile ukuba xa ubusuku beqala ukukhulelwa kuba abantwana abaninzi banokubuyisa.
Ngaba kunjalo? Ngaba zikhona izinto endinokuzenza ukuze ndimncede ngokubhekisana nokubhetele ngakumbi ngama-hormone?
Impendulo: Kusuka kuDkt. Bob Naseef:
Ubutsha luyazama abantwana kunye nabazali babo. Ukuxilongwa kwi-autism umxube uhambelana nohambo kwaye kwenza kube nzima, ukusho okungenani. Ukucinga malunga nekamva le-hormone yokunyuka, njengabazali abaninzi kwintlalo ye-autism yenza, kunokusongela. Ngokuqinisekileyo ndiyakukukhuthaza ukuba ucinge ngendlela echanekileyo neyophuhliso. Kwizenzo zethu zengqondo, kuye kwaba nemibuzo emininzi malunga nokuziphatha ngokwesini kunye nabantwana abane-autism kunye nezinye iimfuno ezizodwa ezifikelela ebusheni. Ngokukhawuleza ngokwaneleyo, njengabazali, sinomuvo wokuba sibuyele kwilizwe elibuhlungu nelinye ixesha elinoyikwenkqethu. Elinye inxalenye nomntwana wethu ehlabathini langoku okhuselekileyo xa loo mntwana eneemfuno ezizodwa. Ezinye zezoyiko zixhalaba malunga nokuxhatshazwa kunye nokwesaba ukuxhaphazwa ngokwesondo okubhekiselele kwiimfuno ezizodwa zoluntu.
Isizathu esingekho sokwenza isondo kunye nemfundo yesondo.
Abantwana kunye nentsha eneemfuno ezizodwa zizinto zesondo ezifana nathi sonke. Ukuhlonela isithunzi somntwana ngamnye, ukufundisa iimpawu zempilweni kunye nokubonakalisa, ngelixa ugcine ukhuseleko ngumsebenzi wabo bonke abazali kunye nootitshala, kunye neengcali zonyango, nokuba umntwana unokukhubazeka okanye cha.
Ekugqibeleni, kumbandela wokuguqulwa, kukho isizathu sokukhathazeka, kodwa ungakhathazeki. Uvavanyo olutshanje lwakwi-Autism emva koLutsha; Isifundo esilandelayo sokulandelelwana kwabantu abangama-13 ukuya kwe-22 ukuya ku-22 kwi-Autism Diagnosed in Childhood "kwiNcwadi ye-Autism kunye neNtlupheko yokuPhuhlisa (uJuni 2005) ithi iingxelo ezingama-17% ze-108 zihlolisise ngokutsha kunye nesiqingatha sala afunyenwe kuloo nto. Ukongeza kwesi sifundo kuqinisekisile uphando olwangaphambili olubonisa ukuba i-level ye-IQ yabantwana yayisondelelene kunye nesiphumo esingcono ekukhuleni nasekukhuleni kolwimi.
Kule ngcaciso, kunengqiqo ukugqiba ukuba umntwana ophethe i-Asperger syndrome okanye i-High Functioning Autism angafunda ukujamelana nezilingo kunye neengcinezelo zobuntwa nobuncinci. Indodana yakho iya kuba nemibuzo emininzi, kubalulekile ukuba wena kunye noyise uxoxwe kwizinto anokuzibuza. Kukho ixesha elininzi lokufundiswa kwimihla ngemihla yobomi. Enyanisweni kubazali abaqapheleyo nabaqaphelayo, ngokuphindaphindiweyo, abantwana basifundisa ngokubanzi okanye ngaphezu kokuba sibafundise. Akukho ntloni ekufundiseni okanye ekuzifundiseni ukulingana nomsebenzi. Ndiyakukukhuthaza ukuba uqhagamshelane nomntwana wesifo somntwana wakho ukuba uthunyelwe ukuba uncedo olungakumbi olufunekayo kumntwana wengqondo okanye kwengqondo.
Ukusuka kuDkt. Cindy Ariel:
Ngokuqinisekileyo unyana wakho wenza inkqubela eninzi kwaye mhlawumbi unokuba nethemba elizayo. Uninzi utshintsho lwenzeka malunga nobuntwaba kwaye oku kutshintshwa okunokuthi kuthintele ukuziphatha, kubandakanywa kwimimandla apho unyana wakho sele esenzile amaninzi amanqanaba. Njengabo bonke abantwana abaselula, unyana wakho unokuhlaziya kwiindawo ezithile nangona eqhubeka eqhubela phambili kwabanye. Ngaphezu koko, ezi zinguqu zinokungalindelekanga kwaye zingenakulinganiswa.
Gcinani engqondweni, nangona, njengoko ekhula kwaye efunda kwaye etshintsha, unyana wakho uya kuhlala ehlala ekhona. Ungumntu onokukwazi ukufunda nokufumana inzuzo kuloo kufunda ngokunyuka kunye nemida.
Ukukwazi kwakhe ukulingana kuyo kuya kuba luncedo kuye; ulutsha luvakalelwa kwaye lusebenza ngokungenangqondo kwaye unyana wakho unokufaneleka apha apha.
Ukongezelela, uya kuba kunye nosuku lwakho ngemini. Unokumnceda ngokuthandana nento eyenzekayo kunye naye nangokumnceda kwiindawo ezibuhlungu, njengokuba uye wayeneminyaka eyi-9 edlulileyo. Ukufakelwa nguyise okanye omnye umzekelo wendoda oyithembekileyo unokuba kubaluleke kakhulu kweli nqanaba ebomini kwinkwenkwe. Ufuna ulwazi olufana nomgangatho wokuqonda. Indodana yakho kufuneka ifunde ngokutshatyalaliswa kwentshukumo kunye nezinguquko zomzimba nezomzwelo ezinokuthi zithwale uxanduva lokudibanisa kunye noko kuza kwenzeka ntoni kuye kwaye oku kuya kumnceda.
Ubuntwaba bunokuba yinto enzima kubaninzi abaninzi kunye nabantu ababathandayo. Zama ukungavumeli ukwesaba kwakho malunga neemodemoni ezitshintshayo kumntwana okanye kumenze abe nomuva ukuba utshintsho ayenayo luyakwethusa okanye lubi.
URobert Naseef, Ph.D., kunye noCindy Ariel, i-Ph.D., ngabahleli abaququzeleli be "Iimvo ezivela kwi-Spectrum: Abazali, oogogo nomkhulu, abazalwana, abantu abane-Autism, kunye nabaSebenzi Belana Ubulumko Babo" (2006).