40 thousand autistic children in Ji'nan: where are their parents going?
the autistic child is known as the "star child", and since birth, autism is likely to accompany them all their lives. When they were young, their parents took care of their necessities and did not give up hope for rehabilitation. But one day, these children will grow up. They will also experience youth, middle age, and then gradually grow old. "Who will take care of my children after a hundred years?" many parents of autistic parents send out such bitterness. According to incomplete statistics, there are about 40 thousand autistic children in Ji'nan, and there are no statistics on adults with autism. But there are only 1 private nonprofit rehabilitation institutions in Ji'nan and Shandong, which treat adults with autism, and only about 10 adults are treated with autism. The reporter visited some autistic patients and their families on the eve of the May 19th national day for help.
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hope that children can go to school without social discrimination.
light autism is a mild autistic child who has been trained for more than 1 years in the children's rehabilitation center tomorrow. On the surface, he has been the same as normal children. If you call out his name, he can look at you with a smile and give it a heat. An emotional response. Mother Chen Yan was relieved to see her son making progress. But what worries her most is her son's enrollment.
"at the end of September this year, it will be 8 years old. The normal children should be in grade two." Chen Yan sighed, "my child has not hurt and hurt others' behavior. It can be understood. More than 2 years old, I can learn about 40 Tang poems and learn something interested in it. He is only a bad language. Last year, he wanted to send him to a primary school for dicing, which could be refused by the school. Chen Yan felt desperate: "the child could not go in even the school, and then I died." she even wanted to bring the child to death. But looking back at the innocent smile, her heart softened. "I don't want to put it in a special school so that he can face all kinds of disabled children, which will make him feel inferior." Chen Yan said. In July of this year, the primary school was still going to study, and she was going to carry on with her son. "If he can go to primary school, I want to be able to read, even if I sit outside in the classroom." However, she is also very contradictory, once the child's lessons can not keep up, will be laughed at by the teachers and students, that will hurt the bright self-esteem, may cause the child to be more autistic, "I do not want to let the children learn how good, only expect the minimum teacher and students do not discriminate him."
since the glaring autism, Chen Yan quit his job and devoted all his energies to his children's rehabilitation training. The husband runs a sales business, supporting the whole family with the monthly income of three thousand or four thousand yuan. "He understood me very well, never thought that I had such a child, and told me that the child would be better. We also want to have a second child care, but we are worried about having a second child. We can not be more concerned about it. Chen Yan said. Over the age of 6, the cost of training more than 2000 yuan per month in the rehabilitation center is borne by the parents themselves. This is not enough for Chen Yan and his husband who never saved money in the past. Even if the economy is hard up, Chen Yan will take time to accompany the children to KTV singing, eat buffet, and go to the field when conditional, "let him feel this world so good, the sea is so broad, taste the sea is salty, let him feel that life is wonderful, do not always immerse in his own world."
Chen Yan hopes that he will be able to integrate into society in the future, even if he grows up to be a very common career, "even if he is in charge of the door of the hotel, as long as there is a wage income." But if he can't even enter schools, it will be more difficult to integrate into society.