All-media reporter Wang Jie and correspondent Xing Xiaobao
April 2, 2024 is the 17th "World Autism Day", in order to improve the public's awareness and support for autism and create an inclusive and accepting social environment, recently, the Children's Rehabilitation Department of the First People's Hospital of Zhumadian City and the Municipal New Start Parent Mutual Aid Center held a public welfare activity with the theme of "More than this sky blue" in Jiulong Maonan Square.
The "teachers" of the Children's Rehabilitation Department of the First People's Hospital of Zhumadian City wore blue ribbons on their wrists to perform a gesture dance for everyone - "Listen to Me and Thank You", calling on the whole society to care for and tolerate special children, which resonated with the audience.
Du Yanrui from the Children's Rehabilitation Department of the hospital has the first batch of work certificates for the treatment of childhood autism in Zhumadian City, and is also an excellent speech therapist in the department. Through continuous learning and exploration, the department has formed a unique professional and systematic and personalized assessment, treatment and rehabilitation system. Du Yanrui said that autism, also known as autism, is a lifelong congenital neurodevelopmental disorder, and its core disorders are stereotyped behavior and social disorders, so autistic children are also called "children from the stars".
The performers of the electroacoustic band, African drums, drum kits, gourd silk and other programs in this event are all autistic people. Among them, 13-year-old Xiao Li is the first case of autism in the Department of Pediatric Rehabilitation, and after early professional and systematic personalized rehabilitation treatment, his cognitive, social and social adaptability is basically close to that of children of the same age. Xiao Li and his mother also took advantage of this event to express their gratitude and gratitude to the medical staff.
At the end of the event, Yang Meiqun, deputy director of the Children's Rehabilitation Department of the hospital, said that the Children's Rehabilitation Department has been taking action to support the integration of autism into an independent community life. It is hoped that through this activity, more social forces will be united, autism-related knowledge will be publicized to the general public, and the psychology and lifestyle of autistic children will be understood, and at the same time, more people in the society will support and pay attention to the rehabilitation project of autistic children and join the activities of caring for autistic groups.