"Most of the time, parents have to foot the very expensive bills required to help care for and treat their autistic children. All too often though, parents cannot afford, and therefore do not supply the specialized interaction, integration and behavioral therapies required. This puts their autistic children at an even greater risk for child abuse, including physical, emotional and sexual abuse at the hands of teachers, students and adults in the child’s life, as these people attempt to “make the child conform”, or punish them for not conforming. "
http://myautisticmuslimchild.wordpress.com/2010/05/01/autism-and-child-abuse-part-two/
I think this article is definitely a worthwhile read, I was looking for something else but stumbled upon this while I was searching. This really keys in on some of the things we were discussing in our class the last time we meet. This article does a good job explaining things we can do as teachers to help students with disabilities and their families.
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This is a great article! "What does reduce the risk of abuse is teaching children to say ‘no’, and expect to be listened to, and know how to get help." This is a great quote that really made me reflect on how important it is that we work with children, both with disabilities and without, so that they are familiar with how to handle and abusive situation. This is something that is so important, and that most people avoid discussing with children...I was also quite surprised about the fact that a study was done with 156 participants-and 1 out 5 children with autism were found to have been abused. That is just absolutely appalling.
ReplyDelete"The child’s attempts to cope with or make sense out of that abuse may lead to an increase in the intensity and frequency of these behaviors or to the development of new behaviors that were not previously present." This needs to be kept in mind when working with children with autism-it is a beginning sign to the fact that they may be being abused, and I want to be very observant of these things as a future educator...Very informative article :)