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Adam is 6 years old and has severe autism. Every day, his mother Sihem has to deal with her violence against himself but also against others, while waiting to find him a place in a medico-educational institute. Their daily life is that.
Adam has severe autism. When he is anguished, he hits himself violently. “He fucks when he wants something and he can’t make himself understood. He will hit himself when he hurts, but he won’t explain where he did wrong. He can hit himself out of frustration. He can get banged because I’m going to put on a sweater he doesn’t like and I’m not going to want to take it off, or because I’m going to let go of my hairAdam’s mother Sihem explains.The day goes well, it’s 5 times“, comments his mother. Despite his vigilance, Sihem cannot always avoid the excess of violence as shown by the marks on his body and on the body of his son.”Before, it was banging your head a little on the ground, now it’s big punches and he attacks us, something he didn’t do before“, she explains.
Today, Sihem would like her son to be taken care of quickly, fearing that this violent behavior will set in for a long time. Adam therefore needs to be socialized, to meet other people while being supervised. To do this, Adam’s parents wait to have a Medico-Educational Institute (IME). In France, 1 in 100 children are born with an autism spectrum disorder. And according to Faireface.fr, there is a lack of between 30,000 and 47,000 places in establishments and medico-social services for each disabled child to have a solution adapted to their needs. “I don’t understand why we leave parents like that in distress“, Deplores Sihem.