Abstract:This paper offers a neuroscientific explanation of life with autism which recognises that human behaviour and experience is by nature both personal and interpersonal. With a focus on insights of Penelope Dunbar (Pum) who has lived with autism for decades, we explore an affective neuroscience understanding of autistic experience and how to work creatively with its impulses for health and personal development. Pum describes her autistic disruptions to the intra-personal coherence of her basic states of being, m… Show more
“…In addition, it is crucial for people with autism to cultivate interpersonal communication and recognition of their strengths and weaknesses, in order to gradually develop healthy communication relationships with others, through self-knowledge and acceptance [70].…”
Autism Spectrum Disorder is a complex, heterogeneous disorder that affects perception, information processing, social interaction, verbal, and nonverbal communication, and social, and cognitive behavior. Theory of Mind concerns the observation, understanding of mental states, as well as the interpretation of the behaviors that result from them. The present paper focuses on the interconnection of Mind Theory with the social-emotional, and cognitive development of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The research findings give prominence to the existence of an interaction between the Theory of Mind and the function of the individual’s social, emotional, and cognitive skills. Therefore, the limited development of Mind Theory observed in children with autism is associated with deficits in their social, cognitive, and metacognitive mechanisms. As a result, the focused holistic approach to their weaknesses in combination with the use of ICTs is a promising, alternative form of therapeutic approach.
“…In addition, it is crucial for people with autism to cultivate interpersonal communication and recognition of their strengths and weaknesses, in order to gradually develop healthy communication relationships with others, through self-knowledge and acceptance [70].…”
Autism Spectrum Disorder is a complex, heterogeneous disorder that affects perception, information processing, social interaction, verbal, and nonverbal communication, and social, and cognitive behavior. Theory of Mind concerns the observation, understanding of mental states, as well as the interpretation of the behaviors that result from them. The present paper focuses on the interconnection of Mind Theory with the social-emotional, and cognitive development of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. The research findings give prominence to the existence of an interaction between the Theory of Mind and the function of the individual’s social, emotional, and cognitive skills. Therefore, the limited development of Mind Theory observed in children with autism is associated with deficits in their social, cognitive, and metacognitive mechanisms. As a result, the focused holistic approach to their weaknesses in combination with the use of ICTs is a promising, alternative form of therapeutic approach.
Este artigo propõe um diálogo transdisciplinar entre a música, a musicalidade originária, a educação musical e o autismo. Essa interlocução tecerá uma rede de ideias, fundamentadas em pesquisas e em nossa experiência pedagógica, buscando integrar nessa trama os conceitos de desenvolvimento musical e de desenvolvimento sociocomunicativo. O objetivo desse contraponto a muitas vozes é discutir as possíveis razões pelas quais a música, por meio da educação musical, pode abrir janelas únicas de comunicação com o indivíduo autista. Compreendendo a música como resultante da musicalidade originária (ou inata) do ser humano, tal qual a palavra, traremos argumentos para mostrar que a experiência musical sistematizada pela educação musical faz aflorar, atiça e provoca essa musicalidade originária, permitindo o desenvolvimento musical e a organização dos processos de comunicação social, em geral comprometidos nos autistas.
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