What you should know about autism spectrum therapies?

People with autism can benefit from a variety of autism spectrum therapies that can help them enhance their skills and alleviate their symptoms. Early intervention, such as during preschool or before, boosts your child's odds of success, but it's never too late to get help. Instead of waiting for a formal diagnosis, you should start exploring therapies as soon as you suspect your child has autism. A formal diagnosis can take quite a long time, many tests, and follow-ups with specialists.

 

What works for one person may not work for another. Learn about some of the most popular and effective – Autism spectrum therapies.

• Occupational Therapy

Occupational therapists work collaboratively with parents, teachers, and other professionals as part of a team. They aid in the development of specific goals for autistic individuals. These objectives frequently involve social interaction, behavior, and academic performance. Assessment of autistic children and providing therapies accordingly are the two main motives of occupational therapy.

• Speech Therapy

Children with ASD may struggle with both verbal and nonverbal communication. They may also experience difficulties interacting socially. For these reasons, speech therapy is an integral part of autism therapy. It assists children in speaking, communicating, and socializing with others. Nonverbal skills such as making eye contact, taking turns in a conversation, and using and understanding gestures can all be involved in speech therapy.

• Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)

This therapy utilizes benefits to reinforce positive behaviors and teach new skills. Parents and other caregivers are given the training to provide autistic children with moment-by-moment feedback. There are different types of ABA such as Early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI), Discrete trial training (DTT), Verbal behavior intervention (VBI)Verbal behavior intervention (VBI), Pivotal response treatment (PRT).

• Play Therapy

Children with autism tend to play differently than other children. They will more likely concentrate on specific pieces of a toy (such as wheels) rather than the entire toy. They pretend to play in the same way as other children do. And they might not want to play with other kids. Many children with autism spectrum disorder communicate themselves via play; their toys and movements may become their language. Play can help children with ASD in literacy and connecting with others, both children and adults, in a way that they understand.

 

Alternative Autism Therapy:  Stem Cell Therapy

Autism is a strong candidate for stem cell therapy because there are indications that some types of stem cells, when administered intravenously, can improve immune system regulation and neural connections in the brain. Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSC) are the most common type of cell used to treat autoimmune diseases and inflammation. MSCs are the most widely used cell type in regenerative medicine because, in addition to their ability to cure any type of inflammation, the cells also do not stimulate the immune system of the patient to detect them as invasive. This has the huge benefit of allowing a clinic to receive MSC from unrelated donors and use them as autism spectrum therapy.