There is no use denying the fact the nowadays the heath of the nation is one of the main priorities of every country or government. Having entered the age of humanism, the world realized the importance of human life and its role in the development of society. Being its main contributors, people should be protected from various diseases. Especially it is subjected to children who are taken as the future of our planet and who are helpless. With this in mind, great attention is devoted to the sphere of child health care. Modern medicine could treat a great number of various infantine diseases, thus, there are still some illnesses which make great difficulties.
Genetic diseases could be related to this group. Having appeared as the result of some failure of the formation of genes, they are hard to treat and usually could be diagnosed in the childhood. Autism is one of these diseases. The main reason for the appearance of autism is the disturbance of the development of the patients brain which results in the appearance of various symptoms. Patients are characterized by the problems with social interaction, verbal and non-verbal communication and the repetitive behavior (“Benefits of Occupational Therapy for Autism” para. 2). It is obvious that the given illness results in the significant deterioration of the quality of life of a patient, that is why, nowadays, a great number of various therapies are suggested to treat it.
Besides, it is vital to remember that there is no kind of treatment or therapy which could guarantee the absolute recovery. However, the occupational therapy has the best results among the rest of therapies and this fact determines its choice in the great number of cases. The main sense of the given way of treatment lies in the engagement of a patient in everyday living with the help of various occupations (“Benefits of Occupational Therapy for Autism” para. 4). These occupations may vary, starting with some simple sort of activity when a patient is asked to perform some primitive actions, and ending with some complicated tasks which demand the great level of motor and mental skills.
Nevertheless, taking into account the main problems of people who suffer from autism and the nature of the occupational therapy, it is possible to say that it could be taken as the best choice under existing conditions. Nowadays, children with autism are involved in various kinds of activities in terms of the occupational therapy. Occupational therapist observes patients to determine if children can perform actions which they are expected to do and creates the plan according to which all drawbacks in the development of a child could be corrected (“Benefits of Occupational Therapy for Autism” para. 5). With the help of this plan children could achieve significant improvement of some play, communication or other skills. The great advantage of the given therapy is the fact that it is not so stressful for a child and there are no some special requirements to the state of the child and environment. Moreover, medicines, which could do harm to the state of the health, are not used.
With this in mind, it is possible to make a certain conclusion. It should be said that nowadays autism is a great problem which makes the quality of the childrens life worse. However, implementation of the occupational therapy could help to improve some skills of a child, helping him/her to perform various kinds of activities.