More than 30 professionals responsible for Early Childhood Development (ECD) in every district have been assigned the responsibility of guiding the screening process and determining the condition of autistic children nationwide.
The focus on enhancing the ability to identify autism symptoms, including the inclusion of autistic children in Early Childhood Development Centres , and the effort to combat stigma aligns with a month dedicated to mental health.
Globally, one in 160 children has autism, according to the World Health Organization. However, there are no specific numbers of people with autism in Rwanda. Some of the autism symptoms include delayed language skills, delayed movement skills, delayed cognitive or learning skills hyperactive, impulsive, and/or inattentive behaviour, epilepsy or seizure disorder, unusual eating and sleeping habits, unusual mood or emotional reactions, anxiety, stress, or excessive worry, lack of fear or more fear than expected according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .
"Those trained will also train community health workers to help detect signs of autism. All ECDCs should be well equipped to be inclusive for autistic children," Iradukunda said. In our centre, 90 per cent of 65 children are autistic. Most parents leave autistic children at home thinking that they have no future. We have to partner in building capacity for workers in charge of early childhood development in districts so that these children are integrated into ECDCs," she said.There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later.
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