Processos atentivos em crianças e adolescentes com transtorno do espectro autista: uma revisão sistemática

Abstract

The Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that presents significant impairments on communication, social interaction and on behavior. The aim of this paper is investigate the existence of a relation between autism and attentional impairments. For this, it has been performed a systematic review of works written in English from the last 5 years which approach the proposed theme. The approached main subjects on these selected works were joint attention and visual attention. About the attentional components, children and adolescents with ASD have more significant impairments on orienting and executive attention. In joint attention the impairments are bigger on initiating skills than the responding to joint attention. About visual attention, studies show a higher preference by non-social stimulus and decreased engagement of attention to facial region and eyes.