Opportunities to adapt for children with autism syndrome in society and the experience of center “Asyl Miras”

Abstract

The ability of children with autism to adapt to society and provide them with accessible social tools are among the most pressing problems of social work related to this diagnosis. Autism is a common disease of the nervous system. Many scientists have studied this problem, they indicate about 300 causes of the disorder, but the conclusions are still insufficient.
This article presents the results of research by scientists who found that the prerequisites for autism can develop in the fetus in the womb or due to a violation of brain development, when one side of the brain is working well,
and the other is not developed enough due to chromosomal changes and metabolic disorders.
Autism as a global problem affects in the Kazakh society. The number of autistic children are increasing rapidly (in 2004-77 children, in 2018 - 3880 children). The article describes the experience of the center “Asyl Miras” in adapting autistic children to society, developing their vital skills, and also discusses the development of appropriate social technologies and their application.