The first adolescent developmental tasks associated with sex that must be mastered is the formation of new relationship and more mature with the opposite sex. The development of interest in the opposite sex follows a certain pattern, likewise for autistic adolescent who experience growth in their sexual side. Sexuality is the integration of feelings, needs, and desires that shape a person's unique personality, revealing a person's tendency to be male or female. Sex, on the contrary, is defined as sex or other activities/events from physical relationship sex itself. Adolescent with autism do not like the adolescent age. Parents who have children with autism have different challenge, especially in providing sexual education to their children. Sexual education for adolescents with autism is very important they are more prone to experience sexual harassment. Sexual education is also important for autistic adolescent to them give an adequate understanding regarding changes in physical, mental, and the emotional maturity associated with sexual problems and provide knowledge about the mistake and sexual perversion so that they can protect themselves against the exploitation that can disrupt the physical and mental health.
Three barriers owned by children with autism as it has been widely known is the ham of communication, interac tion, and behavior. Therefore education of children with autism need services that can ac commodate their special needs. One form of the services provided is inclusive schools. At school inclusion of chi9ldren with autism can learn to develop the ability to c ommunic ate and interact socially at their disposal. This c ase study aims to obtain an overview of communic ation skills of children with autism to interact socially. The conclusion of this study is to be in sc hool inclusion makes the child's ability to c ommunicate with peers who are not autistic increase. Children with autism have dared to initiate a c ommunication when there is interac tion with friends.
Problems in this research is the pattern of communication conducted by adolescent autism in expressing feelings to the opposite sex and the uncontrolled behavior of adolescent autism in expressing the feeling to the opposite sex. The purpose of this study was to describe and explain the communication patterns of adolescent autism in expressing the feeling to the opposite sex as well to explain the uncontrollable behavior that may arise from autistic adolescents when feeling an attraction with the opposite sex. The type of this research is descriptive qualitative with the case study. Subjects in this study were autistic adolescents with an age range of 12 to 22 years, autistic adolescent parents, and teachers/therapists from autistic adolescents. Data collection techniques used are interviews, observation, and documentation. Data analysis techniques by collecting data, organizing data systematically then interpreting data to others. Of the 2 subjects studied showed that communication adolescent autism to the opposite sex that makes them interested tend to passive, 2 subjects cannot communicate their feelings to the opposite sex firmly and clearly. They are more likely to show interest by staring at the opposite sex for long periods of time, walking back and forth near the opposite sex, or following the opposite sex everywhere. Not all autistic teenagers who are getting interested in the opponent have uncontrollable behavior, from 2 subjects there is only 1 who likes to suddenly kiss and hug the opposite sex that attracts him.
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