Percepção dos alunos (as) do curso de fonoaudiologia sobre os sinais e sintomas do transtorno do espectro do autismo

Abstract

Objective: to investigate the perception of students on the Speech Therapy course at PUC Goiás about the signs and symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Methodology: This is a cross-sectional qualitative study that aims to analyze the perception of Speech Therapy students about the signs and symptoms of ASD. Discussion and Results: 17 interviews were collected with academics from the first to the eighth period, in which they presented different perceptions about the signs and symptoms of ASD such as: difficulties in social interaction and communicative skills, lack of eye contact, stereotypies, speech delay between others. Conclusion: most students on the Speech Therapy course at PUC Goiás have an idea of what ASD is, but they do not know how to relate the signs and symptoms to the context in which they appear.