How Autism Awareness Has Come A Long Way From Doctors Telling Parents To Just Institutionalize Their Kid

Most parents who have a child diagnosed with autism were often asked to just institutionalized their child and move on with their life. But that was ten years ago when the awareness for children with autism hasn't been raised. These days, there are more resources and information for parents to handle this kind of situation with their kids.

Since people are now living in the age of the Internet, finding information about autism has been easier that no parent has an excuse to just give up their child should they be diagnosed to be in one. Take the story of David Patchell-Evans, a parent of a child who has autism. His story was featured on The Huffington Post, for being one of those parents who has experienced being told to just send their child to an institution that handles autism and move on with their lives.

Patchell-Evans has a daughter named Kilee and was diagnosed with autism at the age of 3. After hearing what the doctor had to say about his daughter's case, he didn't listen to him and instead, did his research and educated himself about autism in order to help and understand his child.

His story with his daughter is inspiring and it gives hope to others who are in the same situation. WebMD has lots of resources when it comes how parents could deal with children who have autism. Doctors before thought that parents won't be able to manage it, which is why they thought leaving their kids to an institution to handle it was a better idea.

These days, medical experts are even saying that parents who has kids with autism can be emotionally stable in the situation and it could even help in forming a great bond with their kid. For those who have children diagnosed with autism, they should know that there is hope and it is not the end of the world.