Dr. Radha Balachandar
In my career as a physiotherapist and mental health counsellor for the past two decades, despite various challenges, I have been fortunate enough to see happiness in the eyes of the parents by helping them
mitigate the problems they face with their autistic children.
After my stint at Malaysia, for the past 12 years, I have been giving therapy and guidance to hundreds of children through Kids Care Rehab Centre in Chennai. Many of the parents I’ve met at my centre have mentioned that there is no simple book, especially in the Indian context, to explain “What is Autism?” or “What are the symptoms that characterize autism?” in clear and
simple terms. They inspired me to write this book. I finally put my thoughts into action, and here is my book to help and guide parents of autistic children. I strongly believe that this book will be of immense use to the parents of children with autism, lack of attention, learning difficulties and speech delay. In this book, I have clearly explained in detail the answers to various questions such as “What is autism?”, “What is lack of
attention”, “What is speech delay and why do some kids speak late?”, “What therapies are available?” and “How do we handle autistic kids at home and outside?” I have described in detail the issues that autistic children face daily, on the basis of the knowledge I have gained from the children who I’ve treated over the years at our treatment centre, therapies given to them and improvements seen in them. I have also recorded the feedback given by some of the parents/caregivers. It is my motive as well as my desire that this book should be a guide for parents to identify autistic children and also to find remedy for their behavioural and other issues.