The Cyprus Paediatric Society, on the occasion of World Autism Day, joins its voice with all these special children, their families and the organised groups that support them in a call for real awareness and meaningful supportive action.
In a statement on today's World Autism Awareness and Awareness Day, the Cyprus Paediatric Society states that the challenges of early detection, multidisciplinary treatment and individualized handling of each case by a multitude of health professionals, as well as the obligation of society and the State to respond adequately to the special needs of these children and their families, make this day a wake-up call.
"We must educate, accept and embrace children with autism and their families, recognizing and addressing their particular difficulties. Pediatricians, as each parent's first point of contact for the health of their child and feeling their dual role-that of protector of each child's health, through early diagnosis and intervention, but also of companion and guide in dealing with all those implications that affect the physical and psychological health of the child with autism, will always stand by these children and their families," he adds.
It states, finally, that "with only the vision and goal of early diagnosis, optimal support and smooth integration into social and educational activities of these very special children, who are children of all of us."
Source: CNA
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