As contribuições da abordagem construtivista no desenvolvimento de crianças autistas: a atuação do pedagogo

Abstract

The autism, invasive development disorder characterized by the triad´s losses - social´s interaction shortfall, verbal and non-verbal communication, and behavior – reaches 70 million people all over the world and, despite of psychoanalysis, cognitive psychology, neuroscience and education studies, this syndrome has not been yet defined, having an unknown etiology. Given this set of features, this literature review aims to understand which are the contributions of the constructivist approach to the development of autistic children, seeking the autonomy of these individuals and their participatory role in society. As final considerations it´s suggested that the relations between typical and atypical child are positive and, even though autistic child receive generally behaviorist interferences, it´s possible to introduce them in an active and creative teachinglearning process