COVID-19: social isolation and consequences in the lives of children with autistic spectrum disorder
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https://doi.org/10.12957/reuerj.2023.73672Keywords:
COVID-19, Social Isolation, Child, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Withholding TreatmentAbstract
Objective: to know the guidelines of health professionals about the consequences of social isolation, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, on the development and lives of children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Method: field study, exploratory, descriptive and with a qualitative approach, supported by the references of Family-Centered Care and Bardin's Content Analysis and approved by the Research Ethics Committee. Developed in municipalities in the interior of São Paulo, from September to October/2021, with the participation of twelve health professionals. Results: the experiences learned followed instructions in the thematic categories: “Interruption of therapies and professional strategies”, “Implications of the pandemic on the development of the autistic child” and “Social isolation of the pandemic and the family dynamics of the child with autism”. Conclusion: the social isolation resulting from the coronavirus pandemic interfered in the lives of autistic children and their families, with consequences for social, motor, linguistic and pedagogical development.
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