Diagnosis of children with autism and RAS at home
· Sergei Toder
How to understand that your special child is breathing superficially and has a disrupted normal cycle of inhalation and exhalation, therefore there is no proper contraction and relaxation?
Since the entire respiratory system is closely intertwined with the nervous, it is quite easy to do this, but you should be aware of this, and not run and collect diagnoses!
If any of your request, indication or movement of a child diagnosed with autism, ASD, ADHD almost does not respond (you excluded problems with the hearing system) - then you can assume that the breath is weak, there is no correct work of the sympathetic nervous system, which is fully responsible for the response to the rapid stress "beat or run".
So there is no correct functioning of the diaphragm, which means there is no proper functioning of the entire chest. That means your child and his brain absolutely do not receive oxygen, (Attention! Unlike adults, the child in connection with his growth, experiences in it, by the way, an increased need!
If a child with autism is constantly anxious, aggressive, chaotically running and cannot relax - this is a sign of a lack of full exhalation, which triggers the parasympathetic nervous system and calms the body.
Surface breathing and the absence of long exhalation can be seen immediately: the chest is almost not moving, the abdomen "stays" in place, and the movements become, so to speak, rugged and unstable, there is a so-called motor conflict, self-service skills are severely affected.
When there is no diaphragmatic and full breathing, the entire biomechanics is disrupted: no support, no muscle cycle, no stability, no posture.
Dear friends, mothers and fathers of special children, always remember:
No muscle contraction-relaxation cycle – no posture control!
No muscle contraction-relaxation cycle – no normal movement!
There is no contraction-relaxation muscle cycle - there is no motor planning and execution of sequential movements and actions.
I add: there is no attention, no behavior, no learning process.
That is why the correct diaphragmatic breathing with the rhythmic shift of inhalation to exhalation is the first thing that parents with children with special educational needs should look at.
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