If I possessed the means and the knowledge to
conduct research studies about any topic in the early childhood field, it would
be autism and special needs children. I have worked in the special education
field and have worked with children with very different autism spectrums. I
grew to love these children and want to learn more about their condition, so
that someday I may go back into the special needs field and be able to
understand how they learn.
One of the teachers I worked with at this time had a
little girl and she was about 15 months old and she noticed that she wasn’t
talking, was showing signs of being sensitive to sound and touch, she didn’t
like mom to hug or kiss her and she was would get very upset when their routine
was interrupted. This mom had her daughter put through a series of
tests and the doctors diagnosed her with autism, after this mom blamed herself
for things she ate, working in a school with asbestos and having her child
vaccinated.
We have all heard these stories and we know that none of these can
be determined to cause autism, nor can they be ruled out as the cause. I would
like to do extensive research and be able to figure out the cause and be able
to help these families. If we can’t find the cause then I want to be able to help
families deal with what life has given them and be able to reach out to the children.
