Many wonder why we practice self-injury, because it is painful and dangerous. However, with autistic children, occurs most often self-inflicted injuries. There are several theories to explain why this practice is common among children with autism may have, and there are methods you use to meet these pests can carry.

Because children with autism are not able to communicate through language the way that others can, they often feel misunderstood or not getting what they need or want to get frustrated. Autistic children may commit self-harm by banging their heads or biting themselves (among other tactics) to some of the frustrations that can be transmitted by words to share. In addition, self-mutilation in order to attract attention. A frustrated child with autism is consistent with the desire attention. For example, scratching up bleeds, the autistic child's attention in someone and that person will try to understand what the child wants or needs.

This theory of frustration and attention to the unique thought for a while. Recently, however, studies have shown that self harm may be a biological component that some of the pain and frustration one feels relieved by the release of endorphins or "happy hormones" in lndorphines begin to help mask pain such behavior, making it an addictive effect.

While some professionals say that ignoring behaviors autoeur own system to have. Endorphins also release for the autistic child what he or she temporarily forgot his frustration and pain. It is also believed that if you practice enough associated self-mutilation, emutilation autistic child is an acceptable method for the treatment of such practices, which may of course be very difficult. Others have suggested that communication therapy and drugs can an autistic child by him or her help with another method of communication. There are medicines that help stem the addictive behavior of releasing endorphins in the system and thereby stop such behavior. There are also nutritional solutions available, vitamin B6 and calcium have said many families to help an autistic child.

For family members involved, communication training to learn to communicate with an autistic child is also very important. Because normal adults and even children and young people are used to communicate so easily identifiable by words or body language, they must learn that communication with an autistic child requires a completely different process.

are concerned with finding solutions for both the family and the autistic child in self-injurious behavior, you may be able to overcome this painful practice.