Autismo Projeto Integrar

Aid in the inclusion of people with ASD through scripted drawings

The Autism Project Application Integration aims to help people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in the organization of their Activities of Daily Living through the audiovisual support of site drawings scripted Autism Project Integrating , designed by Adriana Godoy and Neimer Gianvechio.

This application has behavior of designs, hygiene and bathroom use and allows the registration of the mural "My Appointments" with activities represented in scripted drawings showing step by step how to be the routine the person with ASD, displaying a schedule of activities the day.

For more information about the research that originated this application, access www.maicokrause.com.

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For the implementation of the activities, it is very important that parents or caregivers do not do the activities for the person with ASD, but to help her do the activities, to make it clear that it is she who must act and not just be a spectator of the situation. This help can be through support, for example, hold the hands of the person with ASD from behind, as if you were a mechanical arm that helps make the activity. The level or amount of support used depends on how the person with ASD can already accomplish the task, and it is expected that over time, the person with ASD demonstrate greater safety when performing those movements and be able to go reducing gradually the amount of support used. So, if the person with ASD show that can already do some things alone, can gradually withdraw the tips and support according to the person with ASD will learn to do the movements. So, instead of holding the hands of the person with ASD to help her hold on her wrists. After only the elbows, until the necessary help in order to perform the task autonomously is the lowest possible. Go dosing withdrawal of support if you feel that the person with ASD regressed, go back to the previous stage. Do not set a time for learning occurs every human being is unique and has a different time learning.

Before starting the activity, you can make a preparation phase, showing all the pictures of the activity, telling a story of how will be the activity, including can make this phase already in the environment where the action is. After this preparation, you can call the person with ASD to make the activity actually doing step by step as described below.

Upon step-by-step activities together with the person with ASD, do it to have eye contact with the application design, then help her to make that step described in the drawing, telling of paused way, using words only related activity and positive reinforcement (reward, "congratulations") and avoid saying things that change the focus of the activity, such as "be quiet" or "stop jumping."

Activities should be done every day with the support of the images of the application and whenever you do that activity, it is recommended that either the application's support. For example, if the person with ASD are using the application support when you wash your hands whenever she is washing your hands it will wait for the application support, so it is important to maintain regularity in the use of visual aids.

It is important to help the person with ASD to be recognized in the drawing, for this you can use the drawings to you tell a 'story', in which the person with ASD is the main character and carries out the actions described in the table.

You can also use the design support to help the person with ASD to interpret the situation, asking him questions (even if it is non-verbal) as: "what the design of the character is doing" "What comes first? "" What order? ".

Where the person with ASD able to do an activity, you should give it a 'positive reinforcement', ie make her feel that conquered something, which acquired new knowledge.