Autism Reflection

After spending most of my school career reading books that contained deep messages I came across the book titled, “Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew” which presented a more touching message than any book I have read in the past. Within the next two years I plan to graduate and step into the world to become a teacher. Honestly, I never prepared myself with the thought that I would teach a blended classroom composed of both general and special education requirements for students. I love children and I feel as though there is so much to learn from the younger generations but with Autism on the rise I noticed that this was one group out of the recent generations that has been shadowed. Though, I never had any personal experiences of being around a child with Autism I did experience the preconceived notions that many of these children and

To many of us loud noise, hugs, and bright lights are just part of the everyday rituals; we go through the day blindly disregarding most of these aspects. Unfortunately, on the few occasions that we do see someone that is affected by these miscellaneous activities we can never quite fully understand why that individual is suppressed by what should now be typical. Rarely do we stop to think about what truly goes on in the skin and mind of a child with Autism but after reading this book, we have a better idea of how these customary actions cause anguish in the minds of children with Autism. Chapter two of this book titled,” My sensory perceptions are disordered” was the chapter that stuck out the most to me. Ellen Notbohm used the analogy of trying to complete some of our daily tasks while on a twenty-four-hour roller-coaster ride to describe the emotional stress that children with Autism go through. A great deal of us would choose not to ride a roller-coaster due to the abrupt changes in directions and the gut wrenching drops