Between Spectrums

To Those Who Care For The Autistic

Hey Readers

As you can tell from the title, I like to dedicate this post to those who take their time to take care of their loved ones who are in the spectrum.

A few weeks ago I saw a great movie called "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?" Which stars Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio. In the movie we see that after his father's suicide Gilbert takes care of his family, including his mentally challenged brother Arnie, In the movie we see that Arnie like to go to the water tower and climb to the top, to the dismay of the towns people. And he likes to hide in the trees as Gilbert and his sisters look for him. Now it shows that Gilbert has a tough time being the man of the house and Arnie can be a hand full. But he stays because he cares about his family and knows that Arnie needs him the most.

I also saw some videos of parents of autistic children as they try to calm them down. In one video a father holds on to his autistic son as he has his meltdown. And when it appears that he isn't calming down his parents took him to a swing set and place him in a hammock like swing and they swing him and the sing a little song till he calms down. Another video shows that autistic child was just sitting on a chair and drawing till suddenly he started to scream, hit the wall, and hit himself. Then his mother places him on the ground, gets a couple of pillows for his head and feet, holds his arms as her husband holds the legs, and tells her son to breath. And it's till he calms down that they get off of him.

I know it's sometimes tough to care for someone with autism. But what you do for them as parents or guardians is greatly admired by all. Autism can be hard for the parents to deal with but it can also be rewarding because as you go through they're struggles with you them, you become closer to them. Just like how later on Gilbert grows closer to Arnie, you can grow closer to your loved ones with autism. So don't give up on them because they didn't give up on you.

Please feel free to check out the Facebook page or comment below if you have any questions about autism also go to Youtube type in autistic meltdown and see how some of the parents deal with their kids when the have a meltdown.

Thank you for your time

Tay Gallagher