| The normal sounds and noises are sometimes | | | | affect the individual. Every person with autism is |
| better to be silent for some children with autism, | | | | different and there is no concrete or sure way to |
| because of their sensitivity. But is silence golden? | | | | predict the behavior of the child with autism. |
| There are many signs for autism. A few of them | | | | Try to learn what your child likes or dislikes and |
| are, poor eye contact, tantrums, short attention | | | | how he or she responds to new areas that are |
| span, lining up items in a certain row and sounds | | | | being introduced, then tabulate them and be |
| and noises that are normal but painful to some | | | | prepared if the behavior to normal sounds or |
| autistic children. | | | | noises are too much for your child to handle, try |
| I want to talk to you about the normal sounds | | | | to keep your child safe from it. Do not push or |
| and noises that are painful to the ears of many | | | | force your child to like normal sounds or noises, |
| autistic individuals, because of an over sensitivity | | | | by doing that, it will only cause an outbreak in |
| and sensory that some children have. | | | | another behavior area that will have to be dealt |
| For example, large crowds of people talking, malls, | | | | with. |
| airplanes, streets in the city filled with cars and | | | | Some autistic individuals have an over sensitivity |
| people, riding an elevator, that is full of people | | | | to the sounds that seem to appear, to be |
| talking, concerts, music, holidays with families, are | | | | functional and normal to other people. |
| just a few of them. | | | | For the child or an adult, with autism, they do not |
| Many children who have an extreme intense | | | | understand why they are so sensitive to normal |
| sensitivity to normal sounds or noises, will try to | | | | sounds and noises and they probably are trying to |
| calm themselves by either wringing their hands, | | | | understand or trying to make sense of it |
| shaking their hands and some will rock back and | | | | themselves. For you, to understand why there is |
| forth. Others will put their hands on their ears, to | | | | a sensitivity to this kind of behavior, many |
| protect them from the noises. | | | | experts agree that these behaviors might be a |
| It is a challenge for parent(s), caregiver(s), to | | | | way that the child is trying to communicate, relate |
| know when these normal sounds or noises will | | | | to or try to figure out what is going on. |