O taekwondo como ferramenta para a inclusão da pessoa com transtorno do espectro autista (TEA): um relato de experiência no município de Delmiro Gouveia - AL

Abstract

This work deals with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (TEA): Taekwondo as an inclusion practice in the municipality of Delmiro Gouveia-AL, bringing taekwondo martial art to children with ASD, showing how this art can help autistic children in their development in the childhood and throughout life, this research speaks a little about this disorder that is what the autistic child has and how it happens and is diagnosed, which is through the first years of life before even three years of age can already be identified , with observations from parents and with the help of specialists such as neurologists and psychologists. The research brings the difficulties and dilemmas that the child with ASD suffers, and how it is the reality of who has ASD. In this way the work was developed with the aim of analyzing autism, and how the practice of taekwondo is beneficial for those who practice it and especially for children with ASD, and how sports help in the improvement and psychic, motor and social development of the autistic, and a support along with the school helping in the development in the school part. Also, in the research, the knowledge of the origins of the martial arts and taekwondo is of importance, since this data is of primary importance on the training of teachers in this special needs area, since it is easier to work and relate, making the objective of inclusion and knowledge is passed on to children with ASD and this training is of great importance, thus guaranteeing all the rights of the child and the professional. The main point of this research was the case through an interview with the child with ASD and taekwondo practitioner where she is interviewed with the mother and thus through the answers is analyzed the development of her from the entry into the martial art to the present day , thus completing a great development and confirmation of how the practice of taekwondo has improved his life. The TEA was chosen as the object of study of this work because it is a disorder that is at once complex and interesting, while becoming a challenge for the autistic, for the family and also for the professionals who are looking for possibilities of learning. And so addressing also the struggles as content in School Education and pedagogically. Showing that it is not violence, but a way to help the development of children with some needs and especially with TEA, because this form of alternative can aid in the development of the child, causing it to become independent by raising not only their knowledge their self-esteem.