| dc.description.abstract | Background: Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder marked by difficulties with social
interaction and communication, as well as confined and repetitive behavior, hobbies, and
interests. The adaptation process of school-going autistic children affects their families, schools,
society, learning, development, skills, and many more.
Objective: To explore how the adaptation of autistic children is developing in their schools and
home in Chattogram, how the teachers and the parents of school-going autistic children are
engaging themselves to develop the adaption of the children with autism, and how much the
teachers and the parents are aware of the adaptation.
Methods: This a qualitative and the design is phenomenology. A total of 20 parents and 10
teachers of school-going autistic children in Chatatogram were sampled. The sampling was
purposive. An in-depth interview was taken with the participants. The site was two autism
schools in Chatttogram.
Results: Parents who participated in this study, most of them shared that one of the biggest
barriers to their children’s adaptation is speech. This study also finds that most autistic children
are unable to express themselves, use sign language, keywords, and pictures to communicate,
and cannot adapt to anything easily from their family, friends, schools, and society because of
speech. The majority of teachers in this study shared that a picture-based education system is one
of the successful ways of teaching children with autism. This helps them to adapt to the
important activities of their practical life. Many of them also shared that training the teacher is
very important and beneficial for them to understand the autistic child’s adaptation.
Conclusion: This study shows that adaptation is very important for the development of a child
with autism. However, their speech problem is a barrier to their adaptation process. Therefore, it
is an immense need for raising awareness about this issue and open more training centers for
parents and teachers for the development of children with autism. | en_US |
