Open-access Brazilian Scientific Production in Psychology and Education on Autism

ABSTRACT

Although autism has received special attention in current scientific literature, there are still gaps that need to be investigated. This article refers to a review of the Brazilian literature on autism in the fields of Psychology and Education, aiming to identify the current scenario of scientific literature on this topic. To this end, a survey was conducted of scientific articles published in Brazilian journals from 2007 to 2012.The survey included 156 articles, whose abstracts were analyzed and categorized. In all categories, a systematization was identified of the characteristics of autism and the development of interventions for the reduction of symptoms.

Keywords: autism; literature review; psychology; education

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