Autismo: compreender e acolher as famílias

Abstract

Autistic Spectrum Disorder is defined based on behavioral assessments, characterized by deficits in social communication, interaction, sensory sensitivity, motor coordination and levels of attention. It turns out that ASD not only brings difficulties for people with this condition, but also for everyone around them. Based on this information, this work has as main objective to analyze the effects and consequences of the diagnosis of an autistic person in their social circles, family and friends, as well as for the caretakers paid to assist and provide a better quality of life that they can offer to their patients. Nevertheless, a systematic review of the scientific literature on understanding and acting in the family of children with ASD diagnoses was implemented. As results, eight scientific articles were selected, half of them from scientific journals and the other half from magazines and repositories. The analyzed research material spoke in unison about the importance of family support (sentimental, emotional, financial, among others) in reducing the problems caused by the diagnosis of ASD. Therefore, despite the communication and feeding difficulties of ASD patients and the possible appearance of stress and depressive symptoms in people who are part of their social circles, the sample space of this study denotes that the difference in quality of life for people with ASD disease is the presence and family support and the search for information about this complex condition.