On April 2, the 15th World Autism Awareness Day, Xiaohongshu jointly launched the “2022 World Autism Awareness Day” in conjunction with the China Children’s Charity and Relief Foundation, Beijing Stars and Rain Education Research Institute, Xinhua Philanthropy, and Philanthropy Times. “Activity. With the theme of “Heal Me Before Warming the Stars”, the event will launch a special page on the Xiaohongshu website, show the paintings of children with autism, invite industry experts to express their professional knowledge, and display the notes released by many parents of autistic patients, and share how to accept them. Children diagnosed with autism and how parents can conduct psychological adjustment, etc., call for attention to children with autism, and also pay more attention to the psychological pressure of parents of patients.
“At present, relevant research focuses more on patients with autism spectrum disorder, and does not pay enough attention to their families. Now international research has begun to focus on families.” Li Ming, an associate professor at Beijing Forestry University, said, “It is very important to pay attention to families. If the psychological pressure is difficult for parents to support, it is also difficult for parents to take care of their children.” Autism spectrum disorders include typical autism and Asperger’s disease and other atypical autism, autism was also previously known as autism. According to the “Report on the Development of China’s Autism Education and Rehabilitation Industry III”, there are more than 10 million people with autism in my country. This means that the number of parents of autistic patients is more than 20 million. “In Xiaohongshu, many parents of autistic patients have posted notes and comments, encouraging and helping each other and learning from each other. We hope that through activities and content, more psychological industry experts and users, and between users and users will be connected. , so that more people can obtain a better psychological state.” said the person in charge of the knowledge category of Xiaohongshu. Li Ming suggested that Internet content platforms can help these families in several ways, including inviting professionals to publish authoritative popular science content, and promoting people in the same predicament to establish self-help groups and share experiences. In this special event, Xiaohongshu launched the topic “#CaringStarChildren andFamilies”, and invited experts such as Shi Gang, director of the Psychological Quality Education Center of China Agricultural University, to make notes to provide parents with various psychological knowledge. The activity page also displays the notes of many autistic family members, sharing how they get along with autistic children, how to adjust their mental state, and more. In recent years, many parents of autistic patients have learned and communicated with each other on content platforms such as Xiaohongshu, and the content they published has also provided useful reference for other parents. After discovering that her daughter suffers from autism, “One Soybean”, the creator of Xiaohongshu, decided to take her daughter for treatment while traveling. After she posted her experience on Xiaohongshu, she received many messages and private messages asking for help. And “One Soybean” herself was also on Xiaohongshu, and had an in-depth communication with an autistic patient in her 30s who lived a relatively normal life, which made her full of confidence in her daughter’s treatment. The story of “A Soybean” and his daughter’s travel and healing was also filmed and made into a short film to be released at this event. The creator “Gentleman Ruolan” shared the daily life of the eldest son who suffers from autism, as well as the story of taking him to remarry and getting a happy marriage. The brushstrokes are warm and delicate, and the suggestions provided are also praised by many netizens. Some netizens said that from these notes, they not only learned how to intervene in children with autism, but more importantly, they learned how to adjust themselves and how to better support each other with their families.
It is understood that in the past year, Xiaohongshu has successively introduced institutions and experts in the field of psychology such as the Chinese Mental Health Association and the father of positive psychology Martin Seligman; Pay attention to the mental health of young people, and plan activities such as the Life Psychology Exploration House, psychologists planting grass and positive psychology. Data shows that in March 2022, the release volume of Xiaohongshu psychological content increased by more than 540% over the same period last year.