Why Are Indian Families in Denial About Autism?

[@TheSwaddleTV]

Learn more about the signs of and treatment for autism here -- www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/facts.html

[@iditrirajan]

"Treatment for autism" Nice way to destimatize a mental disorder

[@mai-ya-hee]

Hey swaddle! There is no ‘treatment’ of autism, nor should there be, because there’s absolutely nothing wrong with autistic people and saying otherwise is very harmful

[@lalhitrs30off82]

@@mai-ya-hee Yes, it's written in the report of which the link has been shared, that there is no treatment for Autism as of now, but the condition can be improved if proper care is given in early states of childhood.

[@petrichor2973]

I had autism since i was a child and parents would always stop me from going to play outside with friends. my mom always distanced me so that i dont embarass them and when i did they would beat me which made it worse. i never learned to understand my behaviour and heal but instead hid everything and became repressive .why? because if i laughed ,my dad would say how weird it was and told me never to laugh outside like that same if i cried too and they would point out everything about me . now i dont look autistic because i successfully hid everything but i have worse problems to worry about now. their judgements about me led me to develop social anxiety and body dysmorphia and ofcourse theyll blame me for being crazy and such an embarassment to the family because who is going to marry someone like me? indian parents dont even care if their child has a mental disorder their only problem is if their child would be marriageable or not

[@dira0613]

I'm sorry if you feel that way and I hope that you find someone genuine and trustworthy enough to share your problems to them and rather than have to hide it ♥️

[@ancyxavier1267]

I'm sorry you have to go through it. Hope it will all get better one day.♡

[@EagleOverTheSea]

I hope you have found a support group of fellow autistics or a close circle of understanding friends now. It will make a world of difference to your social comfort and confidence levels.

[@01Crown]

I am a teenager ,that also happens to me 😥 , my friends talk with each other on phone freely , but I don't have the freedom that I can also talk with them ,I just chat with them in the Whatsapp

[@anu0271]

More power to you 💪💘

[@meenakshysudheer7573]

"I'm not disabled by my autism, I'm disabled by my environment." -Dr. Jac den Houting

[@PokhrajRoy.]

4:30 Autism is not a disease. That sounds rather stigmatising.

[@Hola-wg9zu]

Exactly

[@mai-ya-hee]

Seconded- it’s not a disease nor is there something wrong with people that have it, swaddle needs to do better :/

[@TheSwaddleTV]

You are absolutely right, and we’re sorry we didn’t catch this during the edit process. We’ve removed this sentence from the video now.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

@@TheSwaddleTV Thank you.

[@imeandmyself707]

One time my mother tried to throw some light about autism spectrum to a young mother regarding her daughter but the young mother attacked verbally to my mom. My mom is above 50 years and she comes from a rural family but her thoughts are of this age. There are so many educated people out there who are in denial of autism let alone elderly people. This kind of video is very helpful to us viewers to spread the awareness of such medical conditions to our people.

[@pugazhenthi6868]

Kudos to your mom for being young at 50 years of age! Autism requires parents to shed all their preconceptions and expectations so that they may really understand their kid. Help kids with autism to blossom naturally!!

[@RanjaniSvijisekar]

This is so true. I have a relative whose son has several symptoms of autism. He's nine but his parents are in denial to accept and assess him. They think that he's just being a naughty boy.

[@zubair6737]

People confuse autism with down syndrome and something. We don't lack Intelectual abilities

[@deepikaverma9154]

Please don't stop this series. I love it.

[@lalhitrs30off82]

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[@stutikhanna987]

Whole country is in Denial in my opinion. We have lots of issues just like other countries most of them we don't talk because we compare ourselves with worst and then pretend we are better then them. But why not resolved these issues right now instead of making it worse so that we won't able to face the worst in future

[@vijayalakshmiravishankar]

Thanks for this!

[@4Nevyn]

Wow. The comment section until now is amazing. How is the topic related to feminism? It's almost like it is used to take potshots at women. Grow up. Autism is a real concern. Don't try to side line it due to your need to be above "women".

[@thesevenkingswelove9554]

Tbh I do think I have high functioning autism but it's kinda the fact that no one in India talks about this.. I mean yeah I can watch videos from white creators but if I knew experiences of other Indian people who have high functioning autism then I could relate and see if I actually have it or not. Because culture also could have an impact imo ( it could and could not I am not really sure )

[@amrita1762]

I think i have autism & music savant characteristics that i just found out my family isn’t believing it

[@missnucleophile2734]

Apart from the information that swaddle provides, the comment section of these off-topic trolls are more interesting 😂

[@mirae1525]

I swear 👀

[@anitachandra2030]

Can someone explain what is autism?

[@shreyabhat944]

Certain abnormalities in brain structure or function that hinders communication, socialization .It has no cure but there are treatments and therapies.

[@jules2291]

A mental health illness existing since birth , quite often undiagnosed , which at it's worse causes sensory issues, touch aversion , inability to communicate or understand feelings , panic attacks , etc . For less severe cases (asperger's / high functioning) it's just an inability to read other people's feelings or understand criticism plus symptoms resembling social anxiety ( this is just what I've seen before , symptoms may vary ) . It's incurable but with proper therapy usually manageable and the individual can live a more or less okay life .

[@atrijadhar3442]

In India talking and trying to solve a mental health crisis or an issue faced by a child to learn or grow is a Taboo.. even if people suggest that a child needs to have a therapist to understand what's really the issue, parents deny it, reject and say "my child does not need therapist he/she is not mad" and hide instead making all the problems invisible to others which puts the blame on the person most in need of therapy. They never understand going for therapy is not suggesting that someone is mad, it is just asking for help from a person who can help like we go to doctors for a physical problem. While it becomes completely impossible day by day to empathize and understand that child till they grow up and people start hating the person because they never were given a hint of the fact that they should understand and not hate because it was unintended and no one is to blame.. they never seek help regarding the most important problem denying the fact that an issue is there at all.. and this harms the child the most in adulthood when they cannot be handled anymore or cannot be helped at all because at that time they are in denial of what they are, and the reason being Taboo mentality learnt from parents... It is a difficult situation for all actually.. there will be a Time where there is no other options left and life an innocent person is over..

[@matthewmann8969]

Yeah probably because of reputation , accountability, inheritance, influence, and impact

[@yashwanths3694]

How can we forget stupid Indian cartoons like motu patlu

[@mymy-cm9ib]

@@yashwanths3694 is there any link between (excessive) media consumption and autism? just curious.

[@vighnarajnarvekar8909]

@@yashwanths3694 Hey, I really loved that as a kid, can you tell me what was problematic ??

[@petrichor2973]

@@vighnarajnarvekar8909 i loved it too it wasnt problematic but just reallly dumb .literally every indian cartoon is dumb and has the same storyline,main character who becomes strong when they eat laddos or samosas and defeat the villain.does the indian media think kids are idiots? and they even censor anime and dont let it air on tv like wtf

[@petrichor2973]

@Godzilla at 6 ! omg i watched those even when i was 12 and i know lots of ppl who still do at 17

[@fahimasspecialfoods]

My 2.5 year old speak just one word don't join the words but understand what I am saying if I say put your shoes in shoe rack he do that, handle me this he did, eye contact is good. I do worry about this or leave it to for some more time don't know.

[@bharata5496]

We should Make people aware RTher than Stereotyping them. Cause Enemies then use such stuff to justify their wrong values.

[@RilevTV]

im kind of convinced that mild forms of autism are caused by parents being unavailable due to too much work, more severe forms of autism are genetic though

[@adith9327]

Then it's not autism it's a social development delay that happens only. Child is isolated but most. Children go to school and socialize with children their age

[@CancerDepartmentFeminismWing]

NO MARRIAGE = NO ALIMONY 😘

[@factshouse3690]

NO MARRIAGE= NO FALSE ACCUSATIONS AND INDEPENDENT LIFE

[@rini9325]

Cry about it✌️😍

[@rajmodi3107]

👍🏼

[@saswatapaladhi4608]

Okay, uh what kind of mental related problems can be recognized before birth? Like it may sound stupid but come on no one really wants a problematic child right.

[@iditrirajan]

Since when autistic kids are problematic?

[@whocares1174]

When you take a decision to become a parent. You as a parent is supposed to know and educate yourself about autism and other disabilities . That's your responsibility and as a parent you should accept and understand your child's struggles . Instead of naming the child "promblematic". There are diffrent kinda of children and its yr responsibility to accept them or else dont have kids .

[@Beanhill_94]

That’s eugenics territory bro.

[@sirichandanaakarapu378]

Here's the best solution to your question: don't have kids

[@ishtheswiftie13]

if you refuse to take responsibility of your child then don't have a child better than making the child's life shitty pathetic parents like you are already enough we don't need more of them

[@mdparveen5772]

Hey swaddle why do women lack driving skills???

[@khyatisrivastava3542]

It all depends on experience, women rarely has reason to drive so she have less experience, men mostly go out for work or meeting friends etc so they have more experience, whereas working women who drive most of the time has good experience and drive as good as men

[@superiorsimp4210]

@@nikithageorge441 Well Your Toxic as Hell He is Targeting Women(Which we don't even know is men)and your Also Targeting men Instead Of The Individual Do you not understand Anything from Swaddle's Videos?

[@RivanJDas-rz7ug]

Driving skills differ from individual to individual. Not everyone can be skilled driver whether it's men or women. One of my younger sister is pretty good in driving. Although I taught her how to drive. Now she's skilled as me.

[@hunnybuns1271]

LoL, what kind of question is this??

[@hunnybuns1271]

@@superiorsimp4210 and don't forget that op's comment is not even that sexist ( yes, it's kinda wierd that they are generalising but again it's not that sexist) but her( nikitha) reply is sexist asf.