| 1. Autistic persons with caring and support family | | | | without proper training, awareness and education |
| members, colleagues and friends have the | | | | for treating autism, many affected individuals |
| advantage of knowing the security of a support | | | | persistently have communication problems in |
| group that is educated and informed about their | | | | displaying or explaining emotional aspects, which |
| condition and emotional needs whereas persons | | | | can make them seem uncaring when it is only a |
| unaware of autism tend to give rise to | | | | case of being unable to express feelings. Thus, |
| stereotypes that can lead to disgust, hate, | | | | proper understanding should be promoted for |
| embarassment and similarly upsetting situations. | | | | autism in order to help autistic persons build |
| Therefore, community members must be | | | | relationship bonds and lead a happy, married life or |
| educated about autism as a disorder in order to | | | | experience love and caring in relationships, even if |
| help the affected person fit in with their world | | | | it takes time. |
| around. | | | | 4. Another autism stereotype that can be busted |
| 2. Coping with autism becomes less difficult when | | | | through generating awareness about the condition |
| persons affected are looked upon as individuals | | | | is the belief that autistic people have some |
| with different set of emotional and intellectual | | | | amount of genius in them, which is only true for |
| needs and reactions; each disorder has different | | | | some individuals that are gifted with extraordinary |
| forms of manifestation and autism is no different | | | | talent and skills, such as in music or solving math |
| in this sense, though it is a more complex medical | | | | problems or brilliant artistic skills etc. However, the |
| condition. When people in an autistic person's circle | | | | majority of autistic peole have normal skill ranges |
| are made aware of the nature of the disorder | | | | and some have low functioning skills that can be |
| and made to understand that this group of | | | | improved upon through patient learning and |
| persons should not be compared with more | | | | repetition with the support of caregivers. Movies |
| functionally adaptable or lesser functional people, | | | | often mistakenly depict an autistic person fighting |
| they can help promote desirable and positive | | | | and overcoming challenges since this makes for a |
| behavior in autistic persons and help them | | | | good storyline but it is seldom true for every |
| overcome challenges. Some of these include | | | | person with this disorder to meet challenges |
| learning to overcome uncontrollable movements, | | | | head-on; having unrealistic expectations from an |
| speech limitations and building up communication | | | | autistic person should not be encouraged as it can |
| abilities besides dealing with emotional inadequacies | | | | put undue pressure on them. |
| to emerge feeling normal human beings. | | | | It is therefore necessary to promote awareness |
| 3. With a good support system and network of | | | | about the true nature of autism and foster |
| caring people in place, an autistic person can have | | | | understanding between the affected person and |
| greater control over their professional and | | | | his or her family, co-workers and friends to help |
| personal life, to the extent that many a time it is | | | | the individual lead a happy, fulfilling and healthy life, |
| impossible to identify the disorder exists in such a | | | | aided by patient understanding. |
| capable, well adjusted individual at all. Though, | | | | |