Autismo e Serviço Social a oferta de serviços públicos na consolidação do acesso aos direitos da pessoa com TEA em Maceió-AL

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the provision of public services to people with autism spectrum disorder and access to their rights, considering the importance of the role of social work in enabling quality and more accessible treatment for this public. To this end, we present in our work an analysis of the place occupied by people with disabilities in different historical moments in our society, as well as the path they took to have their rights recognized. Within this universe, we bring the discussion of autism and how it has been seen from its most primitive theories to the present, through recognition as a person with a disability that guarantees them fundamental rights to physical, mental and social well-being through the fulfillment of specific legislation. To this end, the role of social work is fundamental in directly participating in promoting access to the rights of this public, considering the challenges and possibilities that the profession experiences in its daily professional life. Finally, we provide an analysis of the contrast present in the relationship between demand and supply of treatment in the public service, whose therapeutic assistance enables physical, intellectual and autonomy development for people with autism in the capital of Alagoas, highlighting the need for attention public authorities for this issue.