Many ask why anyone would practice self-injury, as it is painful and dangerous. However, with autistic children, self-injury occurs more often. There are many theories on why this practice can be prevalent in autistic children, and it is has some methods that you can use to ease this distressing practice.
Because autistic children are unable to communicate through language the way others, they feel often frustrated at being not understood or not for this that they need or want. For example, autistic children may commit self-injury, head or bite (among other tactics), to release some as frustration which cannot be communicated through words. Also, self-harm is a way to get attention. An autistic child frustration goes hand in hand with wanting attention. For example, by scratching oneself until one bleeds, autistic children will immediately get the attention of someone, and this person will work to understand what the child wants or needs.
This theory of frustration and attention has been the thought for some time. However, recent studies have shown that self-injury can have a component biochemical which relieves some of the pain and frustration, you feel by releasing endorphins, or "happy hormones", in his system. Endorphins also provide a release of the autistic child, allowing him or her temporarily forget his frustration and pain. In addition, believed that if sufficient one practices self-injury, endorphins will begin to help to mask any pain associated with this type of behavior, which makes it an addictive action.
While some professionals say that ignoring the self-mutilation behavior autistic child is an acceptable method to deal with such practices, this can obviously be very difficult. Others have suggested that the drugs and therapy of the communication can help an autistic child by providing her with another method of communication. There are drugs that help conduct addictive release of endorphins in the system of the stem and thus help to stop such behaviour. There are also nutritional solutions available; Vitamin B6 and calcium was said to help the many families with an autistic child.
For the members of the families concerned, communication of training to learn how to communicate with an autistic child is also extremely important. Because normal adults and even children and adolescents, are so accustomed to communicate through body language or easily recognizable words, they must learn that the communication with an autistic child requires a completely different process. In seeking solutions for the family and the autistic child involved in the behaviour of the self-mutilation, one may be able to overcome this distressing practice.