Autistic Children

Autistic Children Have Rights Too The subject that I have decided to discuss for my advocacy paper is advocating for autistic children and the people that are around them. Autism is such a broad disorder that can range from high functioning to low functioning. So many autistic children do not get the assistance that they need to help them succeed. We need to help parents get their child the right and help they need and deserve I chose to write about this specific topic because my cousin was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome. He is very high functioning, but at the beginning right after his diagnosis, he wasn’t getting the assistance he needed. Which I personally thought was unfair, even at a young age I knew that not getting the assistance
It is important for us as educators to help advocate for the parents because a lot of the time the parents might not know what they are supposed to do to help their child. Also, they might not have the resources they need so it is our job is to help them gather those resources to better benefit the child. The main job of being an advocate includes support parents, help the parents better understand the situation, go to meetings, help write Individualizes Education Programs (IEPS) and locate services for the child (Heitin,
It shouldn’t be so difficult to get the things we need to help children with disabilities especially children with Autism. But unfortunately that can be the case at times, so it’s our job as teachers, administrators and most importantly, parents to get those rights for children with Autism because sometimes they can’t advocate for themselves. In conclusion, it is our job as advocates to help parents get their child the right and help they need and deserve. Also to teach children with autism that they can advocate for themselves, it is important to show them that they have rights too and deserve to be treated equally. This is a subject that is very close to my heart and that’s why I chose to write about it. I have seen first hand that children with autism don’t always get the rights they deserve or the tools that they need to help them be a successful student and overall person. Part of being an educator is being an advocate for not only students with special needs, but also all of our students. Autism is not a roadblock, sure it can be a struggle, but helping others is part of being a teacher and that includes helping students that have