Os "pequenos" ganhos de cada dia: a psicologia histórico-cultural e a compensação do transtorno do espectro autista pela arte

Abstract

This end-of-course paper, based on Historical-Cultural Psychology, was written during a professional internship at the “Autism, Art and Culture” project in Uberlândia-MG. The project takes place at the Mundo Circo institution and offers various artistic workshops for children and adolescents aged 3 to 14 with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The internship aims to promote an intervention of School and Educational Psychology and Art with the children, adolescents and their families who attend the project. The aim of this work is to report and analyze the experience of an intern, who is faced with the “small” gains of each day and which turn out to be truly great achievements for learning, human development and compensation for disabilities. Art, as a mediating tool, can contribute to both psychology interventions and the training of undergraduate students, as it opens up countless paths that make it possible to communicate emotions and thoughts, in other words, properly human experiences.