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Step 1
Find a physician specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of autism. Once you find the right healthcare partner, he can offer you the proper steps to work through, which can include drug therapy, art therapy and many other possibilities to help the autistic child.
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Step 2
Evaluate the most crucial problems experienced by the autistic child and work on alleviating these first. If your child has autism and is often self-injurious, depressed or anxious, a qualified physician can offer pharmacological solutions to help with the treatment of these problems.
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Step 3
Consider music therapy. Many autistic children respond well to music and some are quite gifted musicians themselves. Music appears to help calm them and to focus their minds.
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Step 4
Utilize "holding therapy." This technique has become increasingly useful in calming an autistic child. Sometimes the child will resist, but the parent can hold the child and make him feel loved, accepted and calm.
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Step 5
Know that you are not alone. Helping an autistic child requires patience and time. It also requires the assistance of trained professionals--physicians, therapists and educators--who can develop a life-long treatment plan to help create the best life possible for the autistic child.
