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On Autism Day, uncaring admin forgets to hold awareness camp

4/3/2015

Nitesh Sangral
Early Times Report 

Jammu, April 2: Not a single camp was held in Jammu today to mark World Autism Awareness Day, reflecting government’s non-seriousness in fighting the crippling disease.
Autism is a mental condition, present from early childhood, characterized by difficulty in communicating and forming relationships with other people.
According to sources, on an average two autistic children are brought to hospitals every week in Jammu province. “The number of autistic children might be high as a lot of cases are not reported because of lack of awareness among people about the disease,” the sources told Early Times.
“Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu is dealing with such cases but they lack a trained staff as well as required facilities to deal with austistic patients. The Health Department has also done little to establish facilities so that autistic children could get proper treatment , “they said.
A doctor said that people are also ignorant about autism which actually needs intervention and training so that autistic kids can be rehabilitated. “People could have been made aware about the disease by holding awareness camps, but the authorities seem not bothered over the issue,” the doctor said.
When contacted, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry department Dr Mannu Arora refused to comment, saying he was busy with the patients.



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