Brain gymnastics, Therapy Reduce Autism Symptoms
Healthy Lifestyle January 28th, 2011
YEAR 2009, people with autism in Indonesia reached 475 thousand. The number of just fantastic. But unfortunately, the cost of autism treatment, or current therapy is relatively expensive, approximately Rp750 thousand-Rp3 million per month until not all people can enjoy it.
Psychologically, autism is understood as a state one more oriented to the subjective mind than to see the reality or the reality of everyday life. Thus, people with autism often are busy with the “world” it.
The high cost of autism therapy group behind the General Medical students Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta (KU-UMY), ie Revani Dewinta Lestarin, Yunita Puji Lestari, Nor Muhammad Tawheed, and Ragil Adi S, sort of therapy to relieve symptoms of autism are not spending too much cost.
“Autism is a neurobiological disorder that persist. Symptoms appear on the field of communication disorders, interaction, and behavior, “he said when met at Revani UMY campus, Yogyakarta, recently.
Although neurobiological disorders can not be cured, but symptoms can be minimized by therapy can be done cheaply and at home, namely the brain gymnastics or Brain Gym.
Revani explains, is a brain exercise therapy techniques that help the brain’s electrical and body work more effectively together. Brain gym movements also increased three brain communication, ie communication with the right brain left brain, the brain behind the front with the brain, and brain on the bottom. Brain of communication is useful improve the efficiency of sensory information is most useful for people with autism.
“Brain gym movement was varied, like a double stroke at the same time, moving the limbs in turn, and activate the hand,” he said
