A LEITURA LITERÁRIA NA PERSPECTIVA INCLUSIVA DE ALUNOS COM TRANSTORNO DO ESPECTRO AUTISTA NA EDUCAÇÃO INFANTIL

Abstract

The research aims to discuss the importance of reading children’s books in the process of including students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in early childhood education. The research will discuss what is, in fact, ASD, better known as “autism”, as it is possible to observe that knowledge about this disorder is superficial for many people. The research was carried out with a theoretical basis in the book “Mundo Singular: Entenda o Autismo” (SILVA, 2012), which presents the world view and challenges of the works “Um amigo diferente” (SOUZA, 2003) and “Meu Amigo faz iiii” (WERNER, 2017) which brings a playful way of working learning in the classroom, highlighting autistic children and their behavior. Such works were chosen because they treat inclusion in a playful way, considering the creation of values such as friendship, respect and equality among children, which contribute to the creation of an inclusive discourse, highlighting the needs of students and learning to respect the difference of the other. Therefore, from the works mentioned above, teachers can think of ways to work with the whole class in a playful and simple way. thinking about the inclusive perspective of students with ASD, thinking about how to prepare the class to welcome these students, respecting their peculiarities.