The role of Environmental Education in the inclusion of students with Autism Spectrum Disorder – ASD

Abstract

The biggest obstacle for many people diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is communication and social interaction, these limitations make it difficult for them to integrate into society. Given the individual specificity and behavioral differences observed across the autism spectrum, there is a need to look for new interventions that can contribute to promoting treatment and integration. It is believed that the role of environmental education is to differentiate methods to bring people with ASD closer together, seeking to understand environmental and social factors and the emotions they produce, in order to create self-awareness and renewal of meanings provided by nature and/or simulation. of this reality.