Essay On Difficulties With Autism

Autism is a developmental disability that affects how someone communicates with and relates to other people and how they make sense of things. They all share three main difficulties; Difficulty with social communication Difficulty with social interaction Difficulty with social imagination
For some people with autism, body language seems foreign; as if someone was speaking an ancient language. They have a very literal understanding; for example, if you said “killed two birds with one stone” they might actually you killed two birds with one stone. Some find it hard to use facial expression or a tone of voice and sarcasm or jokes.
Some people may not speak, or speak very few words. Some like my brother, have great language skills but sometimes find it hard to talk to people they don’t know. It’s hard to understand the social rules in place in our society, they
may not pick up on things that others just do without thinking; not really understanding these rules can lead to having trouble making friendships.
Organizations like National Service Dogs and Best Buddies, really help improve their lives. They help make connections with people and animals, they give them the gift of friendship.
NATIONAL SERVICE DOGS
National service dogs is an organization that is dedicated to help with the independence of individuals with special needs by providing them with specially trained Labrador retrievers and golden retrievers.
National service dogs has been training dogs to assist children and families with autism since 1996. Some of the benefits of having a service dog are: Increased safety levels: most children with autism have no concept of danger and a high tendency to bolt, the dogs are tethered to the child and are trained to take commands from the parent/guardian. When the child attempts to run, with a command from the parent the dog sits and the child can’t go any further than the tether allows. Decreases anxiety Provide companionship and friendship for those who don’t normally have friends
BEST BUDDIES
Best buddies is a program for schools, their goal is to make every school and community across Canada more inclusive an accepting of people with intellectual disabilities. We have the best buddies program in OLMC. It is an amazing program that provides friendship for those who may have a hard time to make friends. Best buddies helps improve the overall high school experience for them.
MICHAEL MUNROE
Michael Munroe is a 17 year old boy who goes to St.
Joan of Arc Catholic Secondary school in Mississauga. At the age of 9, Michael received a service dog named Cana from National Service dogs. By receiving this dog, Michael has drastically improved in social skills and he has become more confident in making friends. In a recent interview with Michael, he said “Getting Cana is wonderful,” he then smiled and said “She’s my best friend.” I then proceeded to ask what he loves about her, “She’s adorable, she is very lovable, and I tell her everything. She makes me happy when I’m sad.” He also has the best buddies program at his school. When asked about the program he stated, “My best buddies name is Tammy, she always come at lunch to sit with me and asks me how my day is.” He also said that it helps give him the courage to make friends by practicing his conversation skills. When speaking with his mother, Colette Munroe, she said “It’s nice to have him come home and tell me how much fun he has with his best buddy at school, it is good for him to have the confidence in himself to talk to people other than
family.