{"id":466,"date":"2021-03-16T15:48:42","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T08:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autismindonesia.org\/?p=466"},"modified":"2025-12-16T12:11:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T05:11:31","slug":"bagaimana-cara-menangani-individu-dengan-autisme-pada-saat-masa-pubertas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autismindonesia.org\/en\/bagaimana-cara-menangani-individu-dengan-autisme-pada-saat-masa-pubertas\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Manage Individuals with Autism During Puberty?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before starting the discussion in this article, you need to know the definition of Autism. Autism is a disorder of the development of the nervous system from an early age and persists into adulthood. <\/span>Individuals with Autism usually show characteristics such as no eye contact, to disturbances in social communication.<\/span> In some cases, Autism can also be diagnosed at the age of one, but it tends to be rare. <\/span>In some cases that tend to be mild, the diagnosis of Autism may only be detected after the individual is an adult. This is usually seen from the individual's lack of ability to establish increasingly complex social relationships, as adults, which tend not to bother before.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also Read: Challenges from Large Families of Children with Autism<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

For individuals with Autism, understanding other people's feelings and thoughts is not easy. Individuals with Autism find it difficult to share their expressions with others or understand the words of others. This causes difficulties for individuals with Autism to make friends. Individuals with Autism also tend to be interested in one object and can focus on that object for hours. And perhaps a sound, touch, or smell that seems typically normal to others can make an individual with Autism very uncomfortable. By knowing the signs and characteristics of individuals with Autism as early as possible, we need to take action\/intervention as early as possible, of course, with the help of experts.<\/span><\/p>\n

For parents, it is necessary to provide social, moral, and sexual knowledge as early as possible. Because even though their behavior tends to be childish, or their communication skills have not developed according to age, their body will develop according to their chronological age\/calendar age. For example, let's look at a child's behavior and understanding. It is equivalent to the mental age of a 7-year-old child. However, physically he will still show signs of puberty, such as menstruation, wet dreams, and a tendency to seek sexual pleasure in his teens, namely 10- 12 years old. This means that often these hormonal changes occur without being followed by knowledge about what is right and wrong in children.<\/span><\/p>\n

Without preparation that starts early, it is feared that many issues will arise when entering adolescence later. For examples:<\/span><\/p>\n