We as a Therapist, as a parent, as clinician are just superimposing our thoughts and assumptions on the child. From my personal experiences since last 2 year with these angels, I actually realized that before starting with our therapeutic program, we have to understand them first, we have to understand their behavior, we have to understand their tantrums and we have to understand their basic needs. Look into their eyes there are numerous questions, study their tantrums, they actually telling you something, they actually want to express themselves but don’t know, how to do so. They wanted to enjoy life just like other children but something is their which is hindering their way, you have to find it out. Talk to them, it’s not like that they can’t understand you or it’s not necessary for them, it is actually necessary!!

They are like just another normal child, with some challenges and lots of abilities, but their abilities are sometimes masked by their challenges. We are very much interested in the triad of Autism and the word Autistic brings these three things in our mind:

1. · See their social interaction is poor
2. · They can’t even communicate
3. · They must be having various compulsive and repetitive behaviors

And in these three challenges we overlooked their inherent capabilities. Once I was attending my Neurology lecture on Autism, there was one statement that took my attention-“Autistic children lack emotions and if they have they cannot express it” and suddenly a picture came into my mind of a child with Autism-Harsh. Harsh is a child with autism. He used to come for his therapeutic sessions regularly. The first thing he do, whenever he see me or my colleagues, is calling us with our Names. Once one of my colleague approached him and start talking, suddenly he looked toward her and said in a scanning tone with shaking head “Bhanu Madam, nai aayi thi, mai roya tha”( Bhanu madam, didn’t came, I cried). At that point of time we are feeling that we are Autistic as we are not able to express our emotions. Then we realized that what she had given him was Care and trust. So i must say, they are emotional and yes they can express their emotions also, but the way is a bit different, but does it really matters......I tried several times to be just empathetic and not emotional as emotions can hinder our therapeutic process, but with these children I have to support my therapy program with emotions, and I must say these emotions actually paid in the form of improvement in their personality. Around those days only I came across a book –“Ten things every child with Autism Wishes you know”, and this book helped me to understand them a bit batter. See they are not lacking in capabilities, they are lacking in finding the way to success, they need your help, so help them, and I can bet on this they will surely prove their worth.