Jacqueline's

Through the group findings on the characteristics of the disability, I learnt autism is characterized by the lack of social and emotional abilities. Due to this disability, they tend to be alone as establishing a relationship is difficult for them. Children would not want to play with children with autism due to the inability to express themselves well. They are also unable to handle when there are changes in something they do daily and find it too overwhelming. Even their surroundings with minimum noise being made, it is still overwhelming to them.

In the classroom, routines will be strictly followed according when there is a child with autism. A partner, who is more developed in cognitive domain, would be paired with the autistic child. The partner would be able to understand that the autistic child is special and try his/her best to help the autistic child in every way. The classroom that has an autistic child would also be far away from the noisy areas in the centre such as the shower area and waiting area. Group work would also be more frequent. By involving children to do group work, they will open up to the autistic child and accommodate the autistic child. In another way, the autistic child will slowly learn to express himself/herself and wont left out.