SOCIAL PAIN AND PARENTAL PERCEPTION OF PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH ASD IN THE SCHOOL CONTEXT

Abstract

This study described an integrative review of the literature on the impact of the diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder in the family context correlated with family social pain after diagnosis and the anguish of the school inclusion process. Presenting as a general objective, to verify the existence of necessary and sufficient support for children with ASD, beyond the family context, and with the specific objective of providing contact with peers of the same age group. The methodology is based on an integrative literature review, between the periods of 2019 and 2024 in the Scielo, LILACS, PePsic and PsychInfo databases, with the Boolean descriptors "perception of autistic parents", "parents of autistic children", "school inclusion of autistic children" and "schooling of autistic children".  The results were presented in three topics of discussion: the first topic describes the impact of the diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder, the second topic presents the processes of "social pain" and narrowing of social relationships in the face of the behavioral actions of children and the third topic presents the importance of the process of inclusion of children with ASD in the school environment.  The article highlights the need for further research on the subject due to the difficulty of finding more information in Brazilian contexts.