{"id":15090,"date":"2023-06-09T07:22:31","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T04:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifekeskus.ee\/autism-spectrum-disorder-and-positive-change-therapy-brought-words-to-a-speechless-child\/"},"modified":"2024-08-30T20:32:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T17:32:26","slug":"autism-spectrum-disorder-and-positive-change-therapy-brought-words-to-a-speechless-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifekeskus.ee\/en\/autism-spectrum-disorder-and-positive-change-therapy-brought-words-to-a-speechless-child\/","title":{"rendered":"Autism spectrum disorder and positive change: therapy brought words to a speechless child"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15090\" class=\"elementor elementor-15090 elementor-11771\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4d50eb30 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-middle elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-reverse-tablet elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"4d50eb30\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7b1132cf\" data-id=\"7b1132cf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77f00ef3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77f00ef3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Ingrid, Mother of 7-Year-Old Liisu<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-428f96d9 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"428f96d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45144c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"45144c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Liisu was a slightly different child from birth. She demanded a lot of attention from us. Of course, there was also a lot of joy with her, but when she started falling behind in her development, it was a big concern. Liisu was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder at the age of 2.5 years. Liisu&#8217;s autism spectrum disorder mainly manifested in her being very tearful, not speaking, only pointing, shouting a lot, and not obeying any rules.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-75906a39\" data-id=\"75906a39\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65c134af dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"65c134af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/lifekeskus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Autism-spectrum-disorder-and-positive-change.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15096\" alt=\"Autism spectrum disorder and positive change\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifekeskus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Autism-spectrum-disorder-and-positive-change.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifekeskus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Autism-spectrum-disorder-and-positive-change-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifekeskus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Autism-spectrum-disorder-and-positive-change-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lifekeskus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Autism-spectrum-disorder-and-positive-change-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lifekeskus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Autism-spectrum-disorder-and-positive-change-650x650.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6cc8a9be elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"6cc8a9be\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-775f7210\" data-id=\"775f7210\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ce84ce3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ce84ce3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We lived every day and every hour worrying about Liisu. <\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I had to watch her all the time so that she wouldn&#8217;t accidentally hurt herself or others or disappear. She never responded when called. She also could not signal when she was hurt. She couldn&#8217;t play calmly with her younger sister; it always ended with someone getting hurt. Because of her special nature, we couldn&#8217;t leave the house too often as no one else could handle her well. Only I could put her to sleep, she even refused her father.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5a3a2ac2\" data-id=\"5a3a2ac2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6781c00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6781c00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e8faeaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e8faeaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then I heard about MER Biofeedback therapy. I immediately felt that this was something that could be a good fit for us. Liisu was already seven years old at that time. Although I didn&#8217;t expect results so soon, we noticed changes in her just two weeks after the first session. I remember my husband was the first to say that the therapy must be working. Liisu was much calmer, listened to us, and had found her voice. She started using more words than usual, sang along to songs, and even showed an interest in books, which she never did before.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4fb6ffb2 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"4fb6ffb2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-751054ca\" data-id=\"751054ca\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11691723 dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"11691723\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/lifekeskus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/autismispektrihaire-pilt-illustratiivne.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15092\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifekeskus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/autismispektrihaire-pilt-illustratiivne.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/lifekeskus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/autismispektrihaire-pilt-illustratiivne-300x63.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifekeskus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/autismispektrihaire-pilt-illustratiivne-1024x213.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifekeskus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/autismispektrihaire-pilt-illustratiivne-768x160.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-740157f5 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"740157f5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-11d7ccc7\" data-id=\"11d7ccc7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2982b969 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2982b969\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The situation improved even more with the following sessions. We noticed that she was able to play peacefully with her little sister, she cried less, and the words kept coming. Liisu started to report pain, and when she got hurt, we applied a plaster. If before she didn&#8217;t think much of kisses and hugs, now she sometimes comes and asks for a kiss, dear. Bedtime is more pleasant now because Daddy can also do it sometimes, not just me.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5959b738 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5959b738\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Others around us have also noticed changes in Liisu&#8217;s nature.<\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1590fec6\" data-id=\"1590fec6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c39d28c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c39d28c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once I had to leave home unexpectedly and needed a babysitter. Afterwards, the sitter was surprised that it was no longer the same child! We no longer have to desperately follow Liisu all the time.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e7b5a5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e7b5a5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She responds when I call her and can also play calmly on her own at times. This never happened before!<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc0c1fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc0c1fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now I visit other villages with her more confidently, as she is much calmer. Since starting the therapy, Liisu has also begun to clean up after herself and help us more in the household, which is a completely new development.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6a5d74a1 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"6a5d74a1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1cde92dd\" data-id=\"1cde92dd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cea41e2 dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2cea41e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/lifekeskus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/autismispektrihaire-pilt-illustratiivne-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-15093\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifekeskus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/autismispektrihaire-pilt-illustratiivne-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/lifekeskus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/autismispektrihaire-pilt-illustratiivne-2-300x63.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lifekeskus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/autismispektrihaire-pilt-illustratiivne-2-1024x213.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lifekeskus.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/autismispektrihaire-pilt-illustratiivne-2-768x160.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6e3d051b elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"6e3d051b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b1b7af0\" data-id=\"2b1b7af0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75b3393b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"75b3393b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c6f711 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c6f711\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Huge changes have taken place in Liisu over a few months. For years, we tried to help and support Liisu as best we could. With the support of MER Biofeedback therapy, Liisu has made progress that we could not have expected or hoped for.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ed26db2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6ed26db2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-295da7ee\" data-id=\"295da7ee\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9c7b52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9c7b52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can now enjoy being together more as a family. 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