Autismo: intervenção no processo cognitivo do vocabulário e da leitura

Abstract

Language is an essential element of communication. Through it, people live together and interact socially, and it is responsible for influencing the way they perceive the world. Language disorders potentially interfere with people's social interaction and communication. They also hinder the process of language acquisition and development, interactions, and world perception, bringing temporary or permanent problems to children, adolescents, and adults. Among the numerous language disorders, this paper will focus on autism, because it has deficits that usually appear in greater or lesser intensity and in very specific situations. Although it is, related to a childhood disorder, because its diagnosis is more common in children, its symptoms tend to accompany people throughout all stages of life, showing a permanent condition. This study aims to produce an educational learning object that can contribute to the development of vocabulary and reading of a student with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in the 6th grade in an elementary school in Itaqui / RS, with the purpose of reducing learning deficits. Our intention is to present an interventional proposal where knowledge bases are, created to help Portuguese language teachers of basic education in their pedagogical practices, with the purpose of identifying difficulties and creating strategies that contribute to the development of vocabulary and reading of autistic students.