Journal Name:
- Sakarya Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi
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Abstract (2. Language):
Despite the increasing rate in its diagnosis, autism is not a well-known and understood
concept in our society. Sometimes it is confused with mental retardation although a
child with autism may not have mental retardation. Every year, individuals who were
focused on autism come together and make programs for creating awareness about
autism among society, in April second. This is a day called “World’s awareness day
for autism”. As an educational researcher and a mother of a child with autism,
preparing an article in this sort was a must for the author of the paper. The paper
includes an introduction to “autism” for those who do not have an adequate
information about it or who would like to understand the situation with all details.
Parents and schools are the two important agencies that can make life easier for
children with autism. Therefore; it is necessary to understand how parents of children
with autism think and behave, as well as understanding how teachers and other
individuals in schools act towards them. The paper describes autism in the first step
and includes discussions about metaphors related to its definitions. These metaphors
range from “being a disease” to “being an alien” and there are several others in
between. Those who were neither autistics nor having a relative with autism use
“autism as a disease” metaphor, while individuals with either autism or having a
relative with autism choose to use “autism as neurological diversity” metaphor for
autism. Despite the varieties in metaphors, autism is generally defined as social
communication disorder. Very limited language development, having problems of
learning with imitating, unfair play with toys and lack of eye contact can be counted
among the symptoms of autism. Delayed or no language development may mostly
limit this communication. People in the environment of children with autism might
need to develop an alternative way to communicate. This creates a stress for parents
and people in close relationship with the child with autism. Picture exchange
communication system, sign language and augmentative communication systems are
among these alternative ways of communication.
As the first important socialization agent in his life, parents of a child with autism are
needed to be well informed and equipped about their children. Being ready for
educating and bringing up a child with autism is something can never occur. But there
are always some ways to understand the child better and help him communicate the
world properly. The paper discusses parenting stress emphasizing factors related to
stress for mothers and fathers. In most of the research studies related to parents of
children with autism, it is underlined that mothers have more stress than fathers.
Mothers need to think solutions to their children’s various problems concurrently.
This is not the case for fathers in general. Fathers mostly think about getting more
money to use in their children’s needs for special education. School is another
important agency for socialization of a child, but schooling brings extra stress to
parents’ life. Teachers’ lack of knowledge about autism may cause that stress.
Although there are many research studies about the inclusive classroom applications
for people with autism around the world, there is very limited number of them in our
country. It is very interesting to say that stress is not the only feeling expressed with
parents. Parents also express feeling of inner wealthines and individual development.
This displays that parents hold both good and depressive feelings when bringing up
their children. The article includes some hints for teachers of inclusive classrooms
about how they can cope with problems of a child with autism. These hints were
practiced and reported as working practical applications for inclusion. Schools are the
places where children with autism cannot be socialized without them. Therefore, the
hints mentioned in this article and in othersimilar ones, need to be well understood.
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Abstract (Original Language):
Bazen bir hastalık ve bozukluk, bazen de bir farklılık olarak tanımlanan otizm hakkında gerek teorik
gerekse uygulama içeren pek çok araştırma yazısı artık alan yazında kolaylıkla bulunabilmekte ve bu çalışmalar
hem ailelere hem de eğitimcilere yol göstermektedir. Beslenme biçiminizi değiştirerek zayıflamak ve onu yaşam
tarzı haline getirmek veya deprem kuşağında olduğumuzu bilmek ve hayatımızı o gerçeğe göre değiştirip
yönlendirmek basit gibi görünen ama çok çaba isteyen zor işlerdir. Peki ya otizmle yaşamak? Hayatında otizmli
bir birey olan ebeveynler, öğretmenler, aileler ve diğerleri için bu nasıl bir duygudur? Bu çalışmada; otizmli bir
birey olma, otizmli bir aile bireyine sahip olma, otizmli bir bireye eğitim verme ve toplumun otizmli bir bireye
bakış açısı üzerinde durulmuş ve ilgili durumlarda gerçekleştirilen uluslar arası araştırma çalışmaları detayları ile
irdelenerek değerlendirilmiştir.
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